SolarWinds vs The Washington Post

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

The Washington Post (rank #510) holds a narrow lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (37 vs 35). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

SolarWinds carries 1,101 GitHub stars across 104 public repos, with 35 repositories active in the last 90 days and 18 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.

SolarWinds is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. 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.