Agorapulse vs Ironclad

Agorapulse and Ironclad both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Ironclad (rank #455) holds a narrow lead over Agorapulse (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (39 vs 32). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Agorapulse carries 308 GitHub stars across 80 public repos, with 16 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Ironclad shows 4,723 stars across 8 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Ironclad's footprint is roughly 15.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Agorapulse is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Ironclad looks better where education 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.