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draw.io vs Zapier

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 Zapier both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zapier (rank #27) holds a meaningful lead over draw.io (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 43). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Zapier shows 6,774 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but draw.io's footprint is roughly 12.8x 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. Zapier 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.ioZapier
Ranking
Overall rank#338#27
Pillars
Overall4364
Code3968
Education6573
Community5137
Reach4863
Momentum3654
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars86,9836,774
Forks12,3881,358
Public repos32296
Active repos (90d)1213
External contributors1322
Avg polish4379
Avg AI-readiness3043

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