Appcues vs Frappe

Appcues and Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over Appcues (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 47). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Frappe is slightly ahead of Appcues. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Frappe is ahead of Appcues. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Frappe is clearly ahead of Appcues. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Frappe is slightly ahead of Appcues. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Frappe is clearly 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. Frappe shows 107,553 stars across 207 public repos, 62 active in the last 90 days and 174 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 109.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Appcues is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Frappe looks better where momentum 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.