edX vs Teamwork.com

edX (Online learning at https://edx.org, powered by the Open edX platform https://openedx.org) and Teamwork.com (World-class products that work together to streamline your business. We're hiring!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Teamwork.com (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over edX (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 43). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Teamwork.com is ahead of edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Teamwork.com is ahead of edX. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Teamwork.com is ahead of edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), edX is clearly ahead of Teamwork.com.

edX carries 392 GitHub stars across 250 public repos, with 52 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. Teamwork.com shows 2,108 stars across 123 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Teamwork.com's footprint is roughly 5.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Teamwork.com 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.