Frappe vs Mailchimp

Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) and Mailchimp (Mailchimp is an all-in-one marketing platform that helps you manage and talk to your clients, customers, and other interested parties.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Mailchimp (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 44). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Mailchimp shows 8,980 stars across 28 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 12.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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