ForestAdmin vs Patreon

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

ForestAdmin (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 36). The gap of 15 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Patreon shows 846 stars across 62 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but ForestAdmin's footprint is roughly 4.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ForestAdmin is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Patreon looks better where reach 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.