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Formspark vs Instructure, Inc.

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Formspark and Instructure, Inc. both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Instructure, Inc. (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Formspark (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 42). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Formspark carries 67 GitHub stars across 8 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Instructure, Inc. shows 10,186 stars across 212 public repos, 37 active in the last 90 days and 29 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Instructure, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 152.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formspark is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Instructure, Inc. 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricFormsparkInstructure, Inc.
Ranking
Overall rank#372#317
Pillars
Overall4244
Code5956
Education6850
Community3145
Reach024
Momentum4843
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars6710,186
Forks934,189
Public repos8212
Active repos (90d)837
External contributors229
Avg polish5350
Avg AI-readiness3541

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