Frappe vs ShipBob

Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) and ShipBob (Need to ship? ShipBob-it! You save save time and money.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a meaningful lead over ShipBob (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 31). The gap of 22 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. ShipBob shows 0 stars across 2 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

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