Coursera vs Fillout

Coursera and Fillout both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Fillout (rank #511) holds a narrow lead over Coursera (rank #726) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (37 vs 30). 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), Coursera is slightly ahead of Fillout. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Fillout is ahead of Coursera. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Fillout is ahead of Coursera. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fillout is ahead of Coursera. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Coursera is ahead of Fillout.

Coursera carries 1,367 GitHub stars across 81 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Fillout shows 2 stars across 9 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Coursera's footprint is roughly 683.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Coursera is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Fillout looks better where education 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.