GitHub vs MDN Web Docs
Code source-of-truth vs platform documentation — different roles, both default citations for web tech.
GitHub
Developer collaboration platform; primary host for open-source code + CI workflows.
MDN Web Docs
Mozilla-stewarded web-platform reference since 2005; default citation for HTML, CSS, JS, Web APIs.
Head-to-head — all four dimensions
| Dimension | GitHub | MDN Web Docs | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
SourceScore Index Composite | B·82 | A·93 | MDN+11 |
Citation Discipline How rigorously cited | B·78 | A·92 | MDN+14 |
Modern Reference AI-era fitness | A·92 | A+·95 | MDN+3 |
Citation Velocity Cited per week | B·84 | A·92 | MDN+8 |
Why these scores
Citation Discipline
Repository-level discipline varies by author; license + README standards encouraged.
Community-edited + reviewed by Mozilla maintainers; cross-checked against W3C/WHATWG standards.
Modern Reference
Free APIs + bulk repo data + CC-licensed code; broad LLM corpus inclusion.
Open-source content (CC-BY-SA + MIT for examples); GitHub-tracked; full structured data.
Citation Velocity
Cited daily by developer queries + AI engines; default for code-citation.
Default web-platform citation in dev press + AI-engine retrieval for web-tech queries.