SolarWinds vs Workable
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
SolarWinds and Workable both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
SolarWinds and Workable sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (35), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), SolarWinds is slightly ahead of Workable. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Workable is slightly ahead of SolarWinds. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), SolarWinds is ahead of Workable. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Workable is slightly ahead of SolarWinds. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), SolarWinds is clearly ahead of Workable.
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. Workable shows 785 stars across 96 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.
SolarWinds is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Workable 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | SolarWinds | Workable |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #569 | #569 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 35 | 35 |
| Code | 54 | 51 |
| Education | 50 | 56 |
| Community | 33 | 24 |
| Reach | 34 | 41 |
| Momentum | 62 | 30 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 1,101 | 785 |
| Forks | 471 | 135 |
| Public repos | 104 | 96 |
| Active repos (90d) | 35 | 5 |
| External contributors | 18 | 5 |
| Avg polish | 56 | 46 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 38 | 49 |