Affinity vs Gravity Forms

Affinity and Gravity Forms (The most powerful form and workflow solution available for WordPress.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Affinity (rank #536) holds a narrow lead over Gravity Forms (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (36 vs 32). 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), Affinity is ahead of Gravity Forms. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Gravity Forms is clearly ahead of Affinity. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Gravity Forms is slightly ahead of Affinity. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Affinity is clearly ahead of Gravity Forms. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Gravity Forms is clearly ahead of Affinity.

Affinity carries 4 GitHub stars across 40 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Gravity Forms shows 112 stars across 8 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Gravity Forms's footprint is roughly 28.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Affinity is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Gravity Forms 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.