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edX vs Recruitee

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 Recruitee both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

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

edX carries 392 GitHub stars across 250 public repos, with 52 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. Recruitee shows 411 stars across 56 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Recruitee 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

MetricedXRecruitee
Ranking
Overall rank#338#602
Pillars
Overall4334
Code5846
Education4371
Community2212
Reach3335
Momentum4828
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars392411
Forks37667
Public repos25056
Active repos (90d)520
External contributors220
Avg polish5838
Avg AI-readiness3733

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