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ExpressVPN vs Gravity Forms

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

ExpressVPN and Gravity Forms (The most powerful form and workflow solution available for WordPress.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ExpressVPN (rank #569) holds a narrow lead over Gravity Forms (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 32). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

ExpressVPN carries 1,250 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors on record. Gravity Forms shows 112 stars across 8 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but ExpressVPN's footprint is roughly 11.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ExpressVPN is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Gravity Forms 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

MetricExpressVPNGravity Forms
Ranking
Overall rank#569#662
Pillars
Overall3532
Code5721
Education6978
Community3012
Reach4829
Momentum1540
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,250112
Forks22066
Public repos128
Active repos (90d)32
External contributors71
Avg polish6324
Avg AI-readiness298

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