The Washington Post vs Workday
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
The Washington Post and Workday both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Workday (rank #278) holds a modest lead over The Washington Post (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 37). The gap of 9 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 The Washington Post. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Workday is clearly ahead of The Washington Post. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Workday is clearly ahead of The Washington Post. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), The Washington Post is clearly ahead of Workday. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Workday is ahead of The Washington Post.
The Washington Post carries 2,751 GitHub stars across 91 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Workday shows 1,102 stars across 57 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors.
The Washington Post 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 | The Washington Post | Workday |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #510 | #278 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 37 | 46 |
| Code | 50 | 54 |
| Education | 49 | 79 |
| Community | 18 | 40 |
| Reach | 50 | 28 |
| Momentum | 18 | 32 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 2,751 | 1,102 |
| Forks | 1,061 | 580 |
| Public repos | 91 | 57 |
| Active repos (90d) | 3 | 19 |
| External contributors | 0 | 11 |
| Avg polish | 55 | 59 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 30 | 36 |