Close vs Odoo

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Odoo (Open Source Business Apps) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a narrow lead over Odoo (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 38). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Odoo shows 59,467 stars across 43 public repos, 25 active in the last 90 days and 257 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Odoo's footprint is roughly 15.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Odoo 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.