Ashby vs Cloudbeds

Ashby and Cloudbeds both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Ashby (rank #538) holds a narrow lead over Cloudbeds (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (36 vs 30). 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), Cloudbeds is slightly ahead of Ashby. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Cloudbeds is ahead of Ashby. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Cloudbeds is ahead of Ashby. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Ashby is clearly ahead of Cloudbeds. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Cloudbeds is slightly ahead of Ashby.

Ashby carries 1 GitHub stars across 3 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Cloudbeds shows 49 stars across 29 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Cloudbeds's footprint is roughly 49.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ashby is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Cloudbeds looks better where community 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.