Frappe vs Swimlane

Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) and Swimlane (Swimlane is a Security Automation and Orchestration platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe and Swimlane sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (53), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

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. Swimlane shows 14,614 stars across 128 public repos, 10 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 7.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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