CrowdStrike vs ForestAdmin

CrowdStrike and ForestAdmin (Forest Admin provides an off-the-shelf admin panel based on a highly-extensible API plugged into your application.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

CrowdStrike (rank #55) holds a modest lead over ForestAdmin (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 51). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

CrowdStrike carries 5,991 GitHub stars across 267 public repos, with 74 repositories active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors on record. ForestAdmin shows 3,415 stars across 87 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors.

CrowdStrike is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. ForestAdmin 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.