Frappe vs The PrestaShop Project

Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) and The PrestaShop Project (The universal open-source software platform to build your e-commerce solution.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over The PrestaShop Project (rank #209) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 49). The gap of 4 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 The PrestaShop Project. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Frappe is ahead of The PrestaShop Project. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Frappe is slightly ahead of The PrestaShop Project. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Frappe is slightly ahead of The PrestaShop Project. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Frappe is clearly ahead of The PrestaShop Project.

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. The PrestaShop Project shows 11,935 stars across 292 public repos, 59 active in the last 90 days and 71 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 9.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Frappe is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. The PrestaShop Project 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.