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Sophos vs Userlike

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Sophos and Userlike both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Sophos (rank #510) holds a narrow lead over Userlike (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), Userlike is ahead of Sophos. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Userlike is ahead of Sophos. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Sophos is clearly ahead of Userlike. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Userlike is ahead of Sophos. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Sophos is clearly ahead of Userlike.

Sophos carries 1,438 GitHub stars across 84 public repos, with 7 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Userlike shows 38 stars across 14 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Sophos's footprint is roughly 37.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Sophos is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Userlike looks better where education 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

MetricSophosUserlike
Ranking
Overall rank#510#569
Pillars
Overall3735
Code3343
Education6885
Community3312
Reach1120
Momentum4212
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,43838
Forks4325
Public repos8414
Active repos (90d)73
External contributors23
Avg polish4136
Avg AI-readiness2235

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