edX vs Sprout Social

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

edX (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Sprout Social (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 41). The gap of 2 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 Sprout Social. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Sprout Social is ahead of edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), edX is slightly ahead of Sprout Social. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Sprout Social is slightly ahead of edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Sprout Social is ahead of edX.

edX carries 392 GitHub stars across 250 public repos, with 52 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. Sprout Social shows 313 stars across 68 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Sprout Social looks better where momentum 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.