Heap vs Moodle Development

Heap (Product Insights) and Moodle Development both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Heap (rank #567) holds a narrow lead over Moodle Development (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 33). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Heap carries 215 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Moodle Development shows 7,373 stars across 15 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 26 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Moodle Development's footprint is roughly 34.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Heap is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Moodle Development 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.