ForestAdmin vs Zapier

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

Zapier (rank #27) holds a modest lead over ForestAdmin (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 51). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zapier is slightly ahead of ForestAdmin. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), ForestAdmin is slightly ahead of Zapier. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zapier is ahead of ForestAdmin. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zapier is clearly ahead of ForestAdmin. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zapier 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. Zapier shows 6,768 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors.

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