Blackbird vs Frappe

Blackbird 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 Blackbird (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 30). The gap of 23 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 Blackbird. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Frappe is ahead of Blackbird. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Frappe is clearly ahead of Blackbird. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Blackbird is ahead of Frappe. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Frappe is clearly ahead of Blackbird.

Blackbird carries 16 GitHub stars across 165 public repos, with 77 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 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 6722.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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