The Washington Post vs Zapier

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

Zapier (rank #26) holds a meaningful lead over The Washington Post (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 37). The gap of 27 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zapier is ahead of The Washington Post. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zapier is clearly ahead of The Washington Post. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zapier is ahead of The Washington Post. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zapier is ahead of The Washington Post. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zapier 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. Zapier shows 6,774 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors.

The Washington Post is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Zapier looks better where momentum 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.