Elastic Path Software vs ForestAdmin

Elastic Path Software and ForestAdmin (Forest Admin provides an off-the-shelf admin panel based on a highly-extensible API plugged into your application.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ForestAdmin (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Elastic Path Software (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 31). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Elastic Path Software carries 234 GitHub stars across 39 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. ForestAdmin shows 3,415 stars across 87 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but ForestAdmin's footprint is roughly 14.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Elastic Path Software is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. ForestAdmin looks better where reach 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.