Clio vs Frappe

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

Frappe (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Clio (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 33). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Clio carries 518 GitHub stars across 19 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 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 207.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Clio is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Frappe looks better where community 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.