ForestAdmin vs Frappe

ForestAdmin (Forest Admin provides an off-the-shelf admin panel based on a highly-extensible API plugged into your application.) and Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over ForestAdmin (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 51). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

ForestAdmin carries 3,415 GitHub stars across 87 public repos, with 14 repositories active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors on record. Frappe shows 107,553 stars across 207 public repos, 62 active in the last 90 days and 174 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 31.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ForestAdmin is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Frappe 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.