Adobe, Inc. vs edX

Adobe, Inc. (Open source from Adobe) and edX (Online learning at https://edx.org, powered by the Open edX platform https://openedx.org) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a modest lead over edX (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 43). The gap of 18 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Adobe, Inc. carries 63,154 GitHub stars across 1,108 public repos, with 91 repositories active in the last 90 days and 87 external contributors on record. edX shows 392 stars across 250 public repos, 52 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 161.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adobe, Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. edX makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.