The Washington Post vs Zammad

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

Zammad (rank #152) holds a modest lead over The Washington Post (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 37). The gap of 15 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zammad is ahead of The Washington Post. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zammad is clearly ahead of The Washington Post. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zammad 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 Zammad. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zammad is clearly 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. Zammad shows 6,394 stars across 11 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors.

The Washington Post is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zammad looks better where community 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.