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Avalara vs Typeform

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

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

Typeform (rank #189) holds a modest lead over Avalara (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 31). The gap of 19 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 Avalara. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Avalara is slightly ahead of Typeform. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Typeform is slightly ahead of Avalara. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Typeform is ahead of Avalara. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Typeform 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. 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 28.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Avalara 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

MetricAvalaraTypeform
Ranking
Overall rank#693#189
Pillars
Overall3150
Code3871
Education5751
Community1825
Reach2443
Momentum031
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars21590
Forks29254
Public repos740
Active repos (90d)08
External contributors05
Avg polish4475
Avg AI-readiness1938

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