Developer ecosystem comparison
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AfterShip
@AfterShip
Rank #298
Score 45
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We are passionate about making eCommerce better. We are a group of geeks who build great automation tools for retailers and shoppers.

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AfterShip vs Elementor

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

AfterShip (rank #298) holds a narrow lead over Elementor (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 44). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Elementor shows 10,938 stars across 67 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 45 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Elementor's footprint is roughly 3.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

AfterShip is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Elementor looks better where code quality 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricAfterShipElementor
Ranking
Overall rank#298#317
Pillars
Overall4544
Code5055
Education5956
Community4649
Reach2729
Momentum4018
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars3,39710,938
Forks1,0034,296
Public repos8167
Active repos (90d)69
External contributors545
Avg polish5256
Avg AI-readiness3831

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