AfterShip vs Close

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

AfterShip and Close sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (45), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

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. Close shows 3,871 stars across 190 public repos, 25 active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors.

AfterShip is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Close 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.