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reddit vs Typeform

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

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

Typeform (rank #189) holds a modest lead over reddit (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 40). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Typeform shows 590 stars across 40 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but reddit's footprint is roughly 6.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

reddit is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Typeform looks better where code quality 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

MetricredditTypeform
Ranking
Overall rank#430#189
Pillars
Overall4050
Code6071
Education5651
Community3925
Reach5243
Momentum3631
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars4,004590
Forks1,160254
Public repos17440
Active repos (90d)268
External contributors165
Avg polish6675
Avg AI-readiness3238

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