Shopify vs SolarWinds

Shopify and SolarWinds both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Shopify (rank #14) holds a meaningful lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (67 vs 35). The gap of 32 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Shopify carries 124,714 GitHub stars across 1,211 public repos, with 75 repositories active in the last 90 days and 87 external contributors on record. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Shopify's footprint is roughly 113.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Shopify is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. SolarWinds 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.