ActiveCampaign vs Blackboard Inc.

ActiveCampaign and Blackboard Inc. both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ActiveCampaign (rank #485) holds a narrow lead over Blackboard Inc. (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (38 vs 34). The gap of 4 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 Blackboard Inc.. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), ActiveCampaign is clearly ahead of Blackboard Inc.. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), ActiveCampaign is slightly ahead of Blackboard Inc.. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Blackboard Inc. is ahead of ActiveCampaign. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), ActiveCampaign is slightly ahead of Blackboard Inc..

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. Blackboard Inc. shows 715 stars across 117 public repos, 2 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 9.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ActiveCampaign is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Blackboard Inc. 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.