Frappe vs Zoho

Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) and Zoho (Unique and powerful suite of software to run your entire business, brought to you by a company with the long term vision to transform the way you work.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a meaningful lead over Zoho (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 32). The gap of 21 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 Zoho. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Frappe is clearly ahead of Zoho. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Frappe is clearly ahead of Zoho. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zoho is ahead of Frappe. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Frappe is slightly ahead of Zoho.

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. Zoho shows 756 stars across 244 public repos, 55 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 142.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Frappe is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Zoho 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.