Asana vs Instructure, Inc.

Asana and Instructure, Inc. both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Instructure, Inc. (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Asana (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 43). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Asana carries 1,843 GitHub stars across 34 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Instructure, Inc. shows 10,186 stars across 212 public repos, 37 active in the last 90 days and 29 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Instructure, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 5.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Asana is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Instructure, Inc. 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.