Formspark vs ReadMe

Formspark and ReadMe (Interactive developer hubs that help users succeed with your APIs 🦉) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ReadMe (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over Formspark (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 42). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Formspark carries 67 GitHub stars across 8 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. ReadMe shows 1,824 stars across 106 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but ReadMe's footprint is roughly 27.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formspark is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. ReadMe 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.