Bitwarden vs Frappe

Bitwarden (Open source security solutions for individuals, teams, and business organizations. Explore Password Manager, Secrets Manager, and passkey innovations.) and Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Bitwarden (rank #55) holds a narrow lead over Frappe (rank #141) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 53). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Bitwarden carries 54,524 GitHub stars across 68 public repos, with 51 repositories active in the last 90 days and 119 external contributors on record. Frappe shows 107,553 stars across 207 public repos, 62 active in the last 90 days and 174 external contributors.

Bitwarden is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Frappe looks better where education 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.