github.comvshackaday.com

Github edges out Hackaday significantly on homepage messaging, 83 to 41. Here's where the gap comes from.

Github is clearer about what it does (100 vs 59 on clarity). Github's hero ("Search code, repositories, users, issues, pull requests...") names something concrete, while Hackaday's ("Hackaday") stays abstract. Github has a much stronger pricing page (90 vs 0). Hackaday doesn't have a detectable pricing page at all.

Github uses a "Community / Movement" positioning while Hackaday goes with "Trust / Authority" — fundamentally different approaches to winning the same buyer.