Frappe vs Yoast

Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) and Yoast (This is where the Yoast.com team shares its public code: from our WordPress plugins to other small projects.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

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

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. Yoast shows 3,439 stars across 78 public repos, 12 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 31.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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