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jotform vs ReadMe

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

jotform (Free Online Form Builder & Form Creator) and ReadMe (Interactive developer hubs that help users succeed with your APIs 🦉) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ReadMe (rank #256) holds a modest lead over jotform (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 30). The gap of 17 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. ReadMe shows 1,825 stars across 106 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 24 external contributors.

jotform is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. ReadMe 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricjotformReadMe
Ranking
Overall rank#727#256
Pillars
Overall3047
Code4376
Education4379
Community2043
Reach4126
Momentum3648
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,1051,825
Forks412452
Public repos32106
Active repos (90d)426
External contributors324
Avg polish4674
Avg AI-readiness2948

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