Coursera vs Onfido

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

Onfido (rank #401) holds a modest lead over Coursera (rank #726) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 30). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Onfido shows 1,268 stars across 85 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

Coursera is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Onfido 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.