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Ashby vs Workable

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

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

Ashby (rank #536) holds a narrow lead over Workable (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (36 vs 35). 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), Workable is ahead of Ashby. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Ashby is slightly ahead of Workable. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Workable is ahead of Ashby. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Workable is slightly ahead of Ashby. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Workable 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. Workable shows 785 stars across 96 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Workable's footprint is roughly 785.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ashby is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Workable 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

MetricAshbyWorkable
Ranking
Overall rank#536#569
Pillars
Overall3635
Code3651
Education6256
Community1424
Reach3741
Momentum1530
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1785
Forks1135
Public repos396
Active repos (90d)15
External contributors25
Avg polish2346
Avg AI-readiness3749

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