LiveChat vs Zammad

LiveChat (Join LiveChat Developer Program https://platform.text.com/) and Zammad both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LiveChat (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over Zammad (rank #152) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 52). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

LiveChat carries 755 GitHub stars across 168 public repos, with 24 repositories active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors on record. Zammad shows 6,394 stars across 11 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zammad's footprint is roughly 8.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

LiveChat is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zammad looks better where community 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.