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Elementor vs Gusto

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Elementor and Gusto both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Elementor (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Gusto (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 43). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Elementor carries 10,938 GitHub stars across 67 public repos, with 9 repositories active in the last 90 days and 45 external contributors on record. Gusto shows 781 stars across 148 public repos, 20 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Elementor's footprint is roughly 14.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Elementor is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Gusto looks better where momentum 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

MetricElementorGusto
Ranking
Overall rank#317#338
Pillars
Overall4443
Code5560
Education5666
Community4935
Reach2919
Momentum1833
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars10,938781
Forks4,296217
Public repos67148
Active repos (90d)920
External contributors456
Avg polish5653
Avg AI-readiness3148

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