Expensify, Inc vs Open edX

Expensify, Inc and Open edX (The community-driven, open-source project powering edX.org and thousands of other online education sites around the world.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Expensify, Inc (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Open edX (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 42). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Open edX shows 10,654 stars across 186 public repos, 100 active in the last 90 days and 91 external contributors.

Expensify, Inc is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Open edX looks better where code quality 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.