AfterShip vs Avalara

AfterShip (We are passionate about making eCommerce better. We are a group of geeks who build great automation tools for retailers and shoppers.) and Avalara both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

AfterShip (rank #298) holds a modest lead over Avalara (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 31). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

AfterShip carries 3,397 GitHub stars across 81 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Avalara shows 21 stars across 7 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but AfterShip's footprint is roughly 161.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

AfterShip is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Avalara 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.