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Fillout vs Giphy

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

Fillout and Giphy (All the GIFs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Giphy (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over Fillout (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 37). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Fillout carries 2 GitHub stars across 9 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Giphy shows 3,295 stars across 45 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Giphy's footprint is roughly 1647.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Fillout is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Giphy 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricFilloutGiphy
Ranking
Overall rank#510#372
Pillars
Overall3742
Code3455
Education5356
Community2731
Reach5031
Momentum1512
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars23,295
Forks4603
Public repos945
Active repos (90d)36
External contributors35
Avg polish3457
Avg AI-readiness2133

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