Frappe vs Remote

Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) and Remote (Remote helps with international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance for businesses big and small!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over Remote (rank #278) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 46). The gap of 7 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 Remote. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Remote is slightly ahead of Frappe. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Frappe is clearly ahead of Remote. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Frappe is clearly ahead of Remote.

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. Remote shows 811 stars across 51 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 132.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Frappe is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Remote looks better where education 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.