Adyen vs Frappe

Adyen and Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over Adyen (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 51). 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), Adyen is ahead of Frappe. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Frappe is clearly ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Frappe is ahead of Adyen. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Frappe is ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Frappe is clearly ahead of Adyen.

Adyen carries 2,684 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 49 repositories active in the last 90 days and 39 external contributors on record. Frappe shows 107,553 stars across 207 public repos, 62 active in the last 90 days and 174 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 40.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Frappe looks better where education 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.