Excalidraw vs Frappe

Excalidraw (Excalidraw is a whiteboard tool that lets you easily sketch diagrams that have a hand-drawn feel to them.) and Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Excalidraw (rank #103) holds a narrow lead over Frappe (rank #141) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 53). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Excalidraw carries 136,744 GitHub stars across 25 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 215 external contributors on record. Frappe shows 107,553 stars across 207 public repos, 62 active in the last 90 days and 174 external contributors.

Excalidraw is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Frappe 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.