edX vs ForestAdmin

edX (Online learning at https://edx.org, powered by the Open edX platform https://openedx.org) 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.

ForestAdmin (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over edX (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 43). The gap of 8 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 edX. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), ForestAdmin is clearly ahead of edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), ForestAdmin is slightly ahead of edX. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), ForestAdmin is slightly ahead of edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), edX is clearly ahead of ForestAdmin.

edX carries 392 GitHub stars across 250 public repos, with 52 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. ForestAdmin shows 3,415 stars across 87 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but ForestAdmin's footprint is roughly 8.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. ForestAdmin looks better where education 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.