Frappe vs LiveChat

Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) and LiveChat (Join LiveChat Developer Program https://platform.text.com/) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe and LiveChat sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (53), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

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. LiveChat shows 755 stars across 168 public repos, 24 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 142.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Frappe is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. LiveChat 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.