1Password vs Discourse

1Password (1Password remembers all your passwords for you. It keeps your digital life secure and always available, safe behind the one password that only you know.) and Discourse (The 100% open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

1Password (rank #20) holds a modest lead over Discourse (rank #189) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (65 vs 50). The gap of 15 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Discourse is slightly ahead of 1Password. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), 1Password is clearly ahead of Discourse. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), 1Password is ahead of Discourse. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), 1Password is clearly ahead of Discourse. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Discourse is clearly ahead of 1Password.

1Password carries 12,938 GitHub stars across 96 public repos, with 38 repositories active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors on record. Discourse shows 55,678 stars across 620 public repos, 90 active in the last 90 days and 44 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Discourse's footprint is roughly 4.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

1Password is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Discourse 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.