Expensify, Inc vs Loom

Expensify, Inc and Loom (Async Video Messaging for Work) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Expensify, Inc (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Loom (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), Expensify, Inc is ahead of Loom. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Expensify, Inc is ahead of Loom. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Expensify, Inc is clearly ahead of Loom. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Expensify, Inc is ahead of Loom. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Expensify, Inc is clearly ahead of Loom.

Expensify, Inc carries 9,942 GitHub stars across 66 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 141 external contributors on record. Loom shows 50 stars across 32 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Expensify, Inc's footprint is roughly 198.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Expensify, Inc is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Loom makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.