Amplitude vs Coursera
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Amplitude and Coursera both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Amplitude (rank #93) holds a meaningful lead over Coursera (rank #726) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 30). The gap of 26 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Amplitude is clearly ahead of Coursera. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Amplitude is slightly ahead of Coursera. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Amplitude is clearly ahead of Coursera. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Coursera is ahead of Amplitude. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Amplitude is clearly ahead of Coursera.
Amplitude carries 3,154 GitHub stars across 151 public repos, with 39 repositories active in the last 90 days and 20 external contributors on record. Coursera shows 1,367 stars across 81 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.
Amplitude is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Coursera looks better where reach 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
| Metric | Amplitude | Coursera |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #93 | #726 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 56 | 30 |
| Code | 70 | 40 |
| Education | 42 | 37 |
| Community | 42 | 17 |
| Reach | 21 | 41 |
| Momentum | 72 | 30 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 3,154 | 1,367 |
| Forks | 1,060 | 596 |
| Public repos | 151 | 81 |
| Active repos (90d) | 39 | 1 |
| External contributors | 20 | 0 |
| Avg polish | 70 | 44 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 44 | 25 |