edX vs Unsplash

edX (Online learning at https://edx.org, powered by the Open edX platform https://openedx.org) and Unsplash (Building the internet's open library of freely usable visuals. Join us 👫) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

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

edX carries 392 GitHub stars across 250 public repos, with 52 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. Unsplash shows 9,930 stars across 63 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Unsplash's footprint is roughly 25.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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