Frappe vs Kajabi

Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) and Kajabi both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a meaningful lead over Kajabi (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 Kajabi. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Frappe is clearly ahead of Kajabi. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Frappe is clearly ahead of Kajabi. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Frappe is ahead of Kajabi. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Frappe is clearly ahead of Kajabi.

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. Kajabi shows 99 stars across 103 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 1086.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Frappe is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Kajabi 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.