ForestAdmin vs Slab

ForestAdmin (Forest Admin provides an off-the-shelf admin panel based on a highly-extensible API plugged into your application.) and Slab (Making the workplace a source of learning and purpose through knowledge-sharing. We're hiring!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ForestAdmin (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Slab (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 39). The gap of 12 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 Slab. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), ForestAdmin is clearly ahead of Slab. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Slab is ahead of ForestAdmin. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), ForestAdmin is slightly ahead of Slab. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), ForestAdmin is clearly ahead of Slab.

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. Slab shows 49,433 stars across 28 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Slab's footprint is roughly 14.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ForestAdmin is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Slab 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.