Discourse vs Typeform

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

Discourse and Typeform sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (50), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

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. Typeform shows 590 stars across 40 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Discourse's footprint is roughly 94.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Discourse is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Typeform 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.