Flexport vs draw.io

Flexport (We're fixing the user experience in global trade. Join us!) and draw.io (draw.io specialises in browser-based diagramming components and applications.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

draw.io (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Flexport (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 33). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Flexport carries 145 GitHub stars across 69 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. draw.io shows 86,983 stars across 32 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but draw.io's footprint is roughly 599.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Flexport is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. draw.io 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.