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reddit vs Talend

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

reddit and Talend both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

reddit (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Talend (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 38). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), reddit is ahead of Talend. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Talend is slightly ahead of reddit. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), reddit is ahead of Talend. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), reddit is ahead of Talend. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), reddit is ahead of Talend.

reddit carries 4,004 GitHub stars across 174 public repos, with 26 repositories active in the last 90 days and 16 external contributors on record. Talend shows 486 stars across 148 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but reddit's footprint is roughly 8.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

reddit is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Talend looks better where education is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricredditTalend
Ranking
Overall rank#430#485
Pillars
Overall4038
Code6051
Education5657
Community3923
Reach5235
Momentum3626
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars4,004486
Forks1,160657
Public repos174148
Active repos (90d)2613
External contributors169
Avg polish6653
Avg AI-readiness3234

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