Loom vs Onfido

Loom (Async Video Messaging for Work) and Onfido both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Onfido (rank #401) holds a modest lead over Loom (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 31). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Loom carries 50 GitHub stars across 32 public repos, with 5 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Onfido shows 1,268 stars across 85 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Onfido's footprint is roughly 25.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Loom is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Onfido looks better where reach 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.