Frappe vs Shopware

Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) and Shopware (Shopware 6 is an open commerce platform based on Symfony Framework and Vue and supported by a worldwide community and more than 2.500 community extensions) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Shopware (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 Shopware. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Frappe is ahead of Shopware. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Frappe is slightly ahead of Shopware. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Frappe is slightly ahead of Shopware. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Frappe is clearly ahead of Shopware.

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. Shopware shows 4,897 stars across 88 public repos, 60 active in the last 90 days and 102 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 22.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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