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Sage vs The Washington Post

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

Sage and The Washington Post both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

The Washington Post (rank #510) holds a narrow lead over Sage (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (37 vs 33). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Sage carries 2,180 GitHub stars across 122 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. The Washington Post shows 2,751 stars across 91 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Sage is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. The Washington Post looks better where reach 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

MetricSageThe Washington Post
Ranking
Overall rank#625#510
Pillars
Overall3337
Code5650
Education5249
Community3418
Reach2350
Momentum1218
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars2,1802,751
Forks4301,061
Public repos12291
Active repos (90d)63
External contributors220
Avg polish5255
Avg AI-readiness3830

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