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A/B Smartly vs ExpressVPN

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

A/B Smartly (A/B Smartly - Your A/B Testing Platform) and ExpressVPN both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

A/B Smartly (rank #510) holds a narrow lead over ExpressVPN (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (37 vs 35). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

A/B Smartly carries 39 GitHub stars across 40 public repos, with 28 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. ExpressVPN shows 1,250 stars across 12 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but ExpressVPN's footprint is roughly 32.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

A/B Smartly is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. ExpressVPN looks better where reach 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricA/B SmartlyExpressVPN
Ranking
Overall rank#510#569
Pillars
Overall3735
Code4957
Education7569
Community2230
Reach1248
Momentum3715
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars391,250
Forks26220
Public repos4012
Active repos (90d)283
External contributors57
Avg polish4163
Avg AI-readiness4229

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