ForestAdmin vs pCloud Open Source

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

ForestAdmin (rank #165) holds a modest lead over pCloud Open Source (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 32). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. pCloud Open Source shows 867 stars across 16 public repos, 4 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 3.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ForestAdmin is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. pCloud Open Source 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.