AfterShip vs Productboard

AfterShip (We are passionate about making eCommerce better. We are a group of geeks who build great automation tools for retailers and shoppers.) and Productboard (Make things that matter, together. See also @productboardlabs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

AfterShip (rank #298) holds a modest lead over Productboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 33). The gap of 12 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 Productboard. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), AfterShip is clearly ahead of Productboard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), AfterShip is clearly ahead of Productboard. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), AfterShip is slightly ahead of Productboard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Productboard is slightly 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. Productboard shows 90 stars across 87 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but AfterShip's footprint is roughly 37.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

AfterShip is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Productboard 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.