Skyscanner vs SolarWinds

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

Skyscanner (rank #209) holds a modest lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 35). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Skyscanner carries 8,167 GitHub stars across 86 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 39 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 Skyscanner's footprint is roughly 7.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Skyscanner 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.