Gusto vs Moodle Development
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Gusto and Moodle Development both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Gusto (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Moodle Development (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 34). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Gusto is ahead of Moodle Development. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Gusto is clearly ahead of Moodle Development. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Moodle Development is slightly ahead of Gusto. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Moodle Development is slightly ahead of Gusto. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Gusto is ahead of Moodle Development.
Gusto carries 781 GitHub stars across 148 public repos, with 20 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Moodle Development shows 7,353 stars across 15 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 25 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Moodle Development's footprint is roughly 9.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
Gusto is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Moodle Development 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Gusto | Moodle Development |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #338 | #602 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 43 | 34 |
| Code | 60 | 43 |
| Education | 66 | 45 |
| Community | 35 | 39 |
| Reach | 19 | 26 |
| Momentum | 33 | 13 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 781 | 7,353 |
| Forks | 217 | 8,234 |
| Public repos | 148 | 15 |
| Active repos (90d) | 20 | 4 |
| External contributors | 6 | 25 |
| Avg polish | 53 | 42 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 48 | 25 |