edX vs Woo

edX (Online learning at https://edx.org, powered by the Open edX platform https://openedx.org) and Woo (The company behind WooCommerce, the open-source commerce platform for WordPress.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Woo (rank #103) holds a modest lead over edX (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 43). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

edX carries 392 GitHub stars across 250 public repos, with 52 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. Woo shows 23,045 stars across 247 public repos, 47 active in the last 90 days and 100 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Woo's footprint is roughly 58.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

edX is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Woo looks better where community 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.