Discourse vs HubSpot

Discourse (The 100% open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.) and HubSpot both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

HubSpot (rank #93) holds a narrow lead over Discourse (rank #189) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 50). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Discourse carries 55,678 GitHub stars across 620 public repos, with 90 repositories active in the last 90 days and 44 external contributors on record. HubSpot shows 53,481 stars across 381 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors.

Discourse is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. HubSpot looks better where reach 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.