Avalara vs Frappe

Avalara and Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a meaningful lead over Avalara (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 31). The gap of 22 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Avalara carries 21 GitHub stars across 7 public repos, with 0 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Frappe shows 107,553 stars across 207 public repos, 62 active in the last 90 days and 174 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 5121.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Avalara is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Frappe 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.