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apaleo vs Onfido

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

apaleo and Onfido both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Onfido (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over apaleo (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 39). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

apaleo carries 8 GitHub stars across 5 public repos, with 2 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Onfido shows 1,268 stars across 85 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Onfido's footprint is roughly 158.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

apaleo is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Onfido looks better where community 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

MetricapaleoOnfido
Ranking
Overall rank#455#401
Pillars
Overall3941
Code4042
Education8571
Community1123
Reach2335
Momentum2427
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars81,268
Forks4777
Public repos585
Active repos (90d)214
External contributors13
Avg polish3948
Avg AI-readiness3231

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