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Frappe vs Helpshift

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

Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) and Helpshift (Customer Support for Native Mobile Apps) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Helpshift (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 33). The gap of 20 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 Helpshift. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Frappe is clearly ahead of Helpshift. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Frappe is clearly ahead of Helpshift. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Frappe is ahead of Helpshift. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Frappe is clearly ahead of Helpshift.

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. Helpshift shows 570 stars across 66 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 188.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Frappe is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Helpshift makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. 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

MetricFrappeHelpshift
Ranking
Overall rank#141#625
Pillars
Overall5333
Code6942
Education7954
Community5523
Reach2011
Momentum7732
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars107,553570
Forks38,137235
Public repos20766
Active repos (90d)622
External contributors1741
Avg polish7338
Avg AI-readiness5330

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