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Fillout vs Helpshift

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

Fillout and Helpshift (Customer Support for Native Mobile Apps) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Fillout (rank #510) holds a narrow lead over Helpshift (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (37 vs 33). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Fillout carries 2 GitHub stars across 9 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Helpshift shows 570 stars across 66 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 Helpshift's footprint is roughly 285.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Fillout is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Helpshift 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

MetricFilloutHelpshift
Ranking
Overall rank#510#625
Pillars
Overall3733
Code3442
Education5354
Community2723
Reach5011
Momentum1532
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars2570
Forks4235
Public repos966
Active repos (90d)32
External contributors31
Avg polish3438
Avg AI-readiness2130

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