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draw.io vs LiveChat

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

draw.io (draw.io specialises in browser-based diagramming components and applications.) and LiveChat (Join LiveChat Developer Program https://platform.text.com/) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LiveChat (rank #141) holds a modest lead over draw.io (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 43). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

draw.io carries 86,983 GitHub stars across 32 public repos, with 12 repositories active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors on record. LiveChat shows 755 stars across 168 public repos, 24 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but draw.io's footprint is roughly 115.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

draw.io is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. LiveChat looks better where code quality 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

Metricdraw.ioLiveChat
Ranking
Overall rank#338#141
Pillars
Overall4353
Code3954
Education6580
Community5136
Reach4850
Momentum3635
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars86,983755
Forks12,388335
Public repos32168
Active repos (90d)1224
External contributors1313
Avg polish4355
Avg AI-readiness3037

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