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Ashby vs Typeform

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

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

Typeform (rank #189) holds a modest lead over Ashby (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 36). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Typeform is clearly ahead of Ashby. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Ashby is ahead of Typeform. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Typeform is ahead of Ashby. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Typeform is slightly ahead of Ashby. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Typeform is 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. Typeform shows 590 stars across 40 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Typeform's footprint is roughly 590.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ashby is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Typeform looks better where code quality 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

MetricAshbyTypeform
Ranking
Overall rank#536#189
Pillars
Overall3650
Code3671
Education6251
Community1425
Reach3743
Momentum1531
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1590
Forks1254
Public repos340
Active repos (90d)18
External contributors25
Avg polish2375
Avg AI-readiness3738

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