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Amplitude vs ExpressVPN

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Amplitude and ExpressVPN both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Amplitude (rank #93) holds a meaningful lead over ExpressVPN (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 35). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Amplitude carries 3,167 GitHub stars across 151 public repos, with 39 repositories active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors on record. ExpressVPN shows 1,250 stars across 12 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors.

Amplitude is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. ExpressVPN 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricAmplitudeExpressVPN
Ranking
Overall rank#93#569
Pillars
Overall5635
Code7057
Education4269
Community4230
Reach2148
Momentum7215
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars3,1671,250
Forks1,052220
Public repos15112
Active repos (90d)393
External contributors237
Avg polish7063
Avg AI-readiness4429

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