Factorial vs Open edX

Factorial (HR Software for small and medium companies) 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.

Factorial (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Open edX (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 42). The gap of 6 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 Factorial. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Factorial is clearly ahead of Open edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Open edX is ahead of Factorial. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Factorial is ahead of Open edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Open edX is slightly ahead of Factorial.

Factorial carries 117 GitHub stars across 70 public repos, with 19 repositories active in the last 90 days and 53 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. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Open edX's footprint is roughly 91.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Factorial is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Open edX looks better where community 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.