Appcues vs Doist

Appcues and Doist (Empowering people with simple yet powerful tools ✨) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Doist (rank #122) holds a narrow lead over Appcues (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 47). 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), Appcues is slightly ahead of Doist. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Doist is ahead of Appcues. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Doist is slightly ahead of Appcues. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Doist is clearly ahead of Appcues. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Doist is ahead of Appcues.

Appcues carries 984 GitHub stars across 122 public repos, with 17 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Doist shows 5,576 stars across 170 public repos, 45 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Doist's footprint is roughly 5.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Appcues is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Doist 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.