SmartRecruiters vs The Washington Post

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

SmartRecruiters (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over The Washington Post (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 37). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

SmartRecruiters carries 119 GitHub stars across 25 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 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. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but The Washington Post's footprint is roughly 23.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

SmartRecruiters is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. The Washington Post 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.