edX vs Glide

edX (Online learning at https://edx.org, powered by the Open edX platform https://openedx.org) and Glide (Build custom business software powered by your data and loved by your team - without code.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Glide (rank #152) holds a modest lead over edX (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 43). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

edX carries 392 GitHub stars across 250 public repos, with 52 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. Glide shows 21,382 stars across 67 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Glide's footprint is roughly 54.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Glide 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.