ActiveCampaign vs Ashby

ActiveCampaign and Ashby both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ActiveCampaign (rank #485) holds a narrow lead over Ashby (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (38 vs 36). 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), ActiveCampaign is ahead of Ashby. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), ActiveCampaign is slightly ahead of Ashby. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), ActiveCampaign is ahead of Ashby. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Ashby is slightly ahead of ActiveCampaign. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Ashby is slightly ahead of ActiveCampaign.

ActiveCampaign carries 6,653 GitHub stars across 88 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Ashby shows 1 stars across 3 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but ActiveCampaign's footprint is roughly 6653.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ActiveCampaign is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Ashby 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.