edX vs Teamtailor

edX (Online learning at https://edx.org, powered by the Open edX platform https://openedx.org) and Teamtailor (The all-in-one recruitment and marketing platform. Hiring doesn't get any easier than this. Trusted by over over 125,000 recruiters) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

edX (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Teamtailor (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 30). The gap of 13 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 Teamtailor. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Teamtailor is ahead of edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), edX is ahead of Teamtailor. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Teamtailor is ahead of edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), edX is clearly ahead of Teamtailor.

edX carries 392 GitHub stars across 250 public repos, with 52 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. Teamtailor shows 29 stars across 77 public repos, 10 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but edX's footprint is roughly 13.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Teamtailor looks better where reach 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.