Close vs Open edX

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Open edX (The community-driven, open-source project powering edX.org and thousands of other online education sites around the world.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a narrow lead over Open edX (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 42). 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), Open edX is clearly ahead of Close. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Close is clearly ahead of Open edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Open edX is ahead of Close. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Open edX is ahead of Close. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Open edX is 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. Open edX shows 10,654 stars across 186 public repos, 100 active in the last 90 days and 91 external contributors.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Open edX 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.