Frappe vs Open edX

Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) and Open edX (The community-driven, open-source project powering edX.org and thousands of other online education sites around the world.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Open edX (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 42). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Open edX shows 10,654 stars across 186 public repos, 100 active in the last 90 days and 91 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 10.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Frappe is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Open edX 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.