ActiveCampaign vs Kajabi

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

ActiveCampaign (rank #485) holds a narrow lead over Kajabi (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (38 vs 32). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), ActiveCampaign is slightly ahead of Kajabi. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), ActiveCampaign is ahead of Kajabi. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), ActiveCampaign is ahead of Kajabi. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), ActiveCampaign is ahead of Kajabi. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Kajabi is clearly 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. Kajabi shows 99 stars across 103 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but ActiveCampaign's footprint is roughly 67.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ActiveCampaign is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Kajabi 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.