Box vs Frappe

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

Box (rank #93) holds a narrow lead over Frappe (rank #141) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 53). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Box carries 14,074 GitHub stars across 84 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 33 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 7.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Box 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.