edX vs ShopwareLabs

edX (Online learning at https://edx.org, powered by the Open edX platform https://openedx.org) and ShopwareLabs both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

edX and ShopwareLabs sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (43), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

edX carries 392 GitHub stars across 250 public repos, with 52 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. ShopwareLabs shows 144 stars across 28 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

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