Skyscanner vs Unsplash

Skyscanner and Unsplash (Building the internet's open library of freely usable visuals. Join us 👫) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Skyscanner (rank #209) holds a narrow lead over Unsplash (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 43). The gap of 6 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 Unsplash. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Skyscanner is slightly ahead of Unsplash. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Unsplash is slightly ahead of Skyscanner. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Skyscanner is slightly ahead of Unsplash.

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. Unsplash shows 9,930 stars across 63 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

Skyscanner is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Unsplash 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.