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Talend vs The Washington Post

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

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

Talend (rank #485) holds a narrow lead over The Washington Post (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (38 vs 37). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Talend carries 486 GitHub stars across 148 public repos, with 13 repositories active in the last 90 days and 9 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 5.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Talend is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricTalendThe Washington Post
Ranking
Overall rank#485#510
Pillars
Overall3837
Code5150
Education5749
Community2318
Reach3550
Momentum2618
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars4862,751
Forks6571,061
Public repos14891
Active repos (90d)133
External contributors90
Avg polish5355
Avg AI-readiness3430

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