Close vs Frappe

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over Close (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 45). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Close carries 3,871 GitHub stars across 190 public repos, with 25 repositories active in the last 90 days and 10 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 27.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Close is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Frappe looks better where code quality 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.