ForestAdmin vs Paddle

ForestAdmin (Forest Admin provides an off-the-shelf admin panel based on a highly-extensible API plugged into your application.) and Paddle both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ForestAdmin (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Paddle (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 42). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), ForestAdmin is slightly ahead of Paddle. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), ForestAdmin is ahead of Paddle. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Paddle is ahead of ForestAdmin. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), ForestAdmin is ahead of Paddle. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Paddle is slightly 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. Paddle shows 997 stars across 54 public repos, 22 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but ForestAdmin's footprint is roughly 3.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ForestAdmin is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Paddle 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.