Frappe vs Gravity Forms

Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) and Gravity Forms (The most powerful form and workflow solution available for WordPress.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a meaningful lead over Gravity Forms (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 32). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Frappe carries 107,553 GitHub stars across 207 public repos, with 62 repositories active in the last 90 days and 174 external contributors on record. Gravity Forms shows 112 stars across 8 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 960.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Frappe is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Gravity Forms 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.