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Formspark vs Zscaler, Inc.

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

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

Zscaler, Inc. (rank #298) holds a narrow lead over Formspark (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 42). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zscaler, Inc. is ahead of Formspark. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Formspark is slightly ahead of Zscaler, Inc.. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zscaler, Inc. is slightly ahead of Formspark. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zscaler, Inc. is clearly ahead of Formspark. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Formspark is slightly ahead of Zscaler, 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. Zscaler, Inc. shows 337 stars across 58 public repos, 33 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zscaler, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 5.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formspark is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Zscaler, 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

MetricFormsparkZscaler, Inc.
Ranking
Overall rank#372#298
Pillars
Overall4245
Code5976
Education6865
Community3139
Reach037
Momentum4840
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars67337
Forks93199
Public repos858
Active repos (90d)833
External contributors211
Avg polish5386
Avg AI-readiness3561

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