jotform vs OpenCart

jotform (Free Online Form Builder & Form Creator) and OpenCart (PHP based open source ecommerce platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

OpenCart (rank #401) holds a modest lead over jotform (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 30). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

jotform carries 1,105 GitHub stars across 32 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. OpenCart shows 8,157 stars across 2 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 26 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but OpenCart's footprint is roughly 7.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

jotform is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. OpenCart looks better where education 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.