BookStackApp vs Onfido

BookStackApp and Onfido both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

BookStackApp and Onfido sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (41), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

BookStackApp carries 19,167 GitHub stars across 6 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Onfido shows 1,268 stars across 85 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but BookStackApp's footprint is roughly 15.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

BookStackApp is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Onfido 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.