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Appcues vs Workable

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

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

Appcues (rank #257) holds a modest lead over Workable (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 35). The gap of 12 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 Workable. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Appcues is ahead of Workable. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Appcues is slightly ahead of Workable. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Workable is clearly ahead of Appcues. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Appcues is slightly ahead of Workable.

Appcues carries 984 GitHub stars across 122 public repos, with 17 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Workable shows 785 stars across 96 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Appcues is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Workable 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

MetricAppcuesWorkable
Ranking
Overall rank#257#569
Pillars
Overall4735
Code6351
Education7056
Community2924
Reach1841
Momentum3130
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars984785
Forks141135
Public repos12296
Active repos (90d)175
External contributors65
Avg polish5946
Avg AI-readiness4449

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