The Washington Post vs Zoom

The Washington Post and Zoom (Power Up Your Apps with Video, Phone, and Chat) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zoom (rank #122) holds a modest lead over The Washington Post (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 37). The gap of 17 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zoom is slightly ahead of The Washington Post. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zoom is clearly ahead of The Washington Post. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zoom is ahead of The Washington Post. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), The Washington Post is ahead of Zoom. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zoom 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. Zoom shows 3,380 stars across 159 public repos, 62 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors.

The Washington Post is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zoom 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.