Clio vs Moodle Development

Clio and Moodle Development both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Clio and Moodle Development sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (33), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

Clio carries 518 GitHub stars across 19 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Moodle Development shows 7,373 stars across 15 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 26 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Moodle Development's footprint is roughly 14.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Clio is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Moodle Development looks better where reach 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.