edX vs Excalidraw

edX (Online learning at https://edx.org, powered by the Open edX platform https://openedx.org) and Excalidraw (Excalidraw is a whiteboard tool that lets you easily sketch diagrams that have a hand-drawn feel to them.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Excalidraw (rank #103) holds a modest lead over edX (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 43). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

edX carries 392 GitHub stars across 250 public repos, with 52 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. Excalidraw shows 136,744 stars across 25 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 215 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Excalidraw's footprint is roughly 348.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Excalidraw looks better where community 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.