edX vs Wistia

edX (Online learning at https://edx.org, powered by the Open edX platform https://openedx.org) and Wistia (One place for all your team’s video-ing) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Wistia (rank #278) holds a narrow lead over edX (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 43). The gap of 3 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 Wistia. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Wistia is clearly ahead of edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), edX is slightly ahead of Wistia. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Wistia is slightly ahead of edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), edX is ahead of Wistia.

edX carries 392 GitHub stars across 250 public repos, with 52 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. Wistia shows 680 stars across 173 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

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