BigCommerce vs Frappe

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

BigCommerce (rank #103) holds a narrow lead over Frappe (rank #141) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 53). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

BigCommerce carries 3,505 GitHub stars across 281 public repos, with 25 repositories active in the last 90 days and 51 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 30.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

BigCommerce 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.