Discord vs Frappe

Discord (A new way to chat with your communities and friends. Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text.) and Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Discord (rank #103) holds a narrow lead over Frappe (rank #141) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 53). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Discord carries 28,570 GitHub stars across 327 public repos, with 36 repositories active in the last 90 days and 41 external contributors on record. Frappe shows 107,553 stars across 207 public repos, 62 active in the last 90 days and 174 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 3.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Discord is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Frappe 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.