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Appcues vs Onfido

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

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

Appcues (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over Onfido (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 41). 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), Appcues is clearly ahead of Onfido. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Onfido is slightly ahead of Appcues. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Appcues is slightly ahead of Onfido. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Onfido is ahead of Appcues. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Appcues is slightly ahead of Onfido.

Appcues carries 984 GitHub stars across 122 public repos, with 17 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Onfido shows 1,268 stars across 85 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

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

Side-by-side metrics

MetricAppcuesOnfido
Ranking
Overall rank#257#401
Pillars
Overall4741
Code6342
Education7071
Community2923
Reach1835
Momentum3127
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars9841,268
Forks141777
Public repos12285
Active repos (90d)1714
External contributors63
Avg polish5948
Avg AI-readiness4431

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