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Typeform vs The Washington Post

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

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

Typeform (rank #189) holds a modest lead over The Washington Post (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 37). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Typeform carries 590 GitHub stars across 40 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 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 4.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Typeform is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. 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

MetricTypeformThe Washington Post
Ranking
Overall rank#189#510
Pillars
Overall5037
Code7150
Education5149
Community2518
Reach4350
Momentum3118
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars5902,751
Forks2541,061
Public repos4091
Active repos (90d)83
External contributors50
Avg polish7555
Avg AI-readiness3830

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