BigCommerce vs Loom

BigCommerce and Loom (Async Video Messaging for Work) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

BigCommerce (rank #103) holds a meaningful lead over Loom (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 31). The gap of 24 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Loom shows 50 stars across 32 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but BigCommerce's footprint is roughly 70.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

BigCommerce is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Loom makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.