Close vs Shopware

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Shopware (Shopware 6 is an open commerce platform based on Symfony Framework and Vue and supported by a worldwide community and more than 2.500 community extensions) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a narrow lead over Shopware (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 44). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Shopware shows 4,897 stars across 88 public repos, 60 active in the last 90 days and 102 external contributors.

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