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edX vs Trade Republic

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 Trade Republic both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

edX (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Trade Republic (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 38). The gap of 5 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 Trade Republic. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Trade Republic is clearly ahead of edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Trade Republic is slightly ahead of edX. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Trade Republic is slightly ahead of edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), edX is clearly ahead of Trade Republic.

edX carries 392 GitHub stars across 250 public repos, with 52 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. Trade Republic shows 1,245 stars across 2 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Trade Republic's footprint is roughly 3.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Trade Republic 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

MetricedXTrade Republic
Ranking
Overall rank#338#485
Pillars
Overall4338
Code5847
Education4385
Community2228
Reach3337
Momentum4824
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars3921,245
Forks37642
Public repos2502
Active repos (90d)521
External contributors222
Avg polish5855
Avg AI-readiness3744

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