BookStackApp vs Remote

BookStackApp and Remote (Remote helps with international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance for businesses big and small!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Remote (rank #278) holds a narrow lead over BookStackApp (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 41). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Remote shows 811 stars across 51 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but BookStackApp's footprint is roughly 23.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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