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edX vs Meister

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

edX (Online learning at https://edx.org, powered by the Open edX platform https://openedx.org) and Meister (Tools for a creative world) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

edX (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Meister (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 34). 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 ahead of Meister. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Meister is clearly ahead of edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), edX is ahead of Meister. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), edX is clearly ahead of Meister. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), edX is clearly ahead of Meister.

edX carries 392 GitHub stars across 250 public repos, with 52 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. Meister shows 6 stars across 45 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but edX's footprint is roughly 65.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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

Side-by-side metrics

MetricedXMeister
Ranking
Overall rank#338#602
Pillars
Overall4334
Code5840
Education4368
Community229
Reach330
Momentum483
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars3926
Forks3769
Public repos25045
Active repos (90d)521
External contributors220
Avg polish5833
Avg AI-readiness3733

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