Coursera vs ReadMe

Coursera and ReadMe (Interactive developer hubs that help users succeed with your APIs 🦉) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ReadMe (rank #255) holds a modest lead over Coursera (rank #726) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 30). The gap of 17 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. ReadMe shows 1,825 stars across 106 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 24 external contributors.

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