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reddit vs Yoast

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

reddit and Yoast (This is where the Yoast.com team shares its public code: from our WordPress plugins to other small projects.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Yoast (rank #209) holds a modest lead over reddit (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 40). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Yoast shows 3,439 stars across 78 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors.

reddit is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Yoast looks better where momentum 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

MetricredditYoast
Ranking
Overall rank#430#209
Pillars
Overall4049
Code6065
Education5670
Community3943
Reach5217
Momentum3652
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars4,0043,439
Forks1,1601,469
Public repos17478
Active repos (90d)2612
External contributors1621
Avg polish6663
Avg AI-readiness3245

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