The Washington Post vs Zscaler, Inc.

The Washington Post and Zscaler, Inc. both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zscaler, Inc. (rank #298) holds a narrow lead over The Washington Post (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 37). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zscaler, Inc. is clearly ahead of The Washington Post. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zscaler, Inc. is ahead of The Washington Post. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zscaler, Inc. is clearly ahead of The Washington Post. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), The Washington Post is ahead of Zscaler, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zscaler, Inc. 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. Zscaler, Inc. shows 337 stars across 58 public repos, 33 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but The Washington Post's footprint is roughly 8.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

The Washington Post is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zscaler, Inc. looks better where code quality 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.