Stream vs Kajabi

Stream (Build scalable in-app chat, feeds, and live video with AI moderation capabilities in hours, not weeks.) and Kajabi both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stream (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Kajabi (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 32). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Stream carries 35,664 GitHub stars across 487 public repos, with 84 repositories active in the last 90 days and 44 external contributors on record. Kajabi shows 99 stars across 103 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stream's footprint is roughly 360.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Stream is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Kajabi 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.