Frappe vs Zammad

Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) and Zammad both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over Zammad (rank #152) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 52). The gap of 1 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 Zammad. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Frappe is slightly ahead of Zammad. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zammad is ahead of Frappe. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Frappe is ahead of Zammad. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Frappe is clearly ahead of Zammad.

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. Zammad shows 6,394 stars across 11 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 16.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Frappe is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Zammad looks better where community 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.