Akeneo vs ForestAdmin

Akeneo and ForestAdmin (Forest Admin provides an off-the-shelf admin panel based on a highly-extensible API plugged into your application.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ForestAdmin (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Akeneo (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 43). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Akeneo carries 2,126 GitHub stars across 51 public repos, with 7 repositories active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors on record. ForestAdmin shows 3,415 stars across 87 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors.

Akeneo is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. ForestAdmin 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.