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Ashby vs InVision

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

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

InVision (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Ashby (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 36). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), InVision is ahead of Ashby. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), InVision is ahead of Ashby. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), InVision is slightly ahead of Ashby. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Ashby is ahead of InVision.

Ashby carries 1 GitHub stars across 3 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. InVision shows 1,303 stars across 114 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but InVision's footprint is roughly 1303.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ashby is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. InVision looks better where education 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

MetricAshbyInVision
Ranking
Overall rank#536#430
Pillars
Overall3640
Code3646
Education6280
Community1414
Reach3740
Momentum150
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars11,303
Forks1193
Public repos3114
Active repos (90d)10
External contributors20
Avg polish2352
Avg AI-readiness3734

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