Appcues vs jotform

Appcues and jotform (Free Online Form Builder & Form Creator) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Appcues (rank #275) holds a modest lead over jotform (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 30). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Appcues carries 984 GitHub stars across 122 public repos, with 16 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. jotform shows 1,105 stars across 32 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

Appcues is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. jotform 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.