Talend vs Workday
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Talend and Workday both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Workday (rank #278) holds a narrow lead over Talend (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 38). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Workday is slightly ahead of Talend. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Workday is clearly ahead of Talend. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Workday is ahead of Talend. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Talend is slightly ahead of Workday. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Workday is slightly ahead of Talend.
Talend carries 486 GitHub stars across 148 public repos, with 13 repositories active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors on record. Workday shows 1,102 stars across 57 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors.
Talend is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Workday 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
| Metric | Talend | Workday |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #485 | #278 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 38 | 46 |
| Code | 51 | 54 |
| Education | 57 | 79 |
| Community | 23 | 40 |
| Reach | 35 | 28 |
| Momentum | 26 | 32 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 486 | 1,102 |
| Forks | 657 | 580 |
| Public repos | 148 | 57 |
| Active repos (90d) | 13 | 19 |
| External contributors | 9 | 11 |
| Avg polish | 53 | 59 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 34 | 36 |