jotform vs Remote

jotform (Free Online Form Builder & Form Creator) and Remote (Remote helps with international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance for businesses big and small!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Remote (rank #299) holds a modest lead over jotform (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 30). The gap of 15 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Remote is slightly ahead of jotform. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Remote is clearly ahead of jotform. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Remote is ahead of jotform. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), jotform is clearly ahead of Remote. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Remote is slightly 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. Remote shows 815 stars across 51 public repos, 16 active in the last 90 days and 14 external contributors.

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