AfterShip vs SolarWinds

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

AfterShip (rank #298) holds a modest lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 35). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), SolarWinds is slightly ahead of AfterShip. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), AfterShip is ahead of SolarWinds. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), AfterShip is ahead of SolarWinds. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), SolarWinds is slightly ahead of AfterShip. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), SolarWinds is clearly 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. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but AfterShip's footprint is roughly 3.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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