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HubSpot vs Open edX

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

HubSpot and Open edX (The community-driven, open-source project powering edX.org and thousands of other online education sites around the world.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

HubSpot (rank #93) holds a modest lead over Open edX (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 42). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

HubSpot carries 53,481 GitHub stars across 381 public repos, with 35 repositories active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors on record. Open edX shows 10,654 stars across 186 public repos, 100 active in the last 90 days and 91 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but HubSpot's footprint is roughly 5.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

HubSpot is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Open edX 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricHubSpotOpen edX
Ranking
Overall rank#93#372
Pillars
Overall5642
Code5569
Education5242
Community3551
Reach9510
Momentum5467
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars53,48110,654
Forks6,8648,888
Public repos381186
Active repos (90d)35100
External contributors491
Avg polish5376
Avg AI-readiness3739

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