Magento vs Odoo

Magento and Odoo (Open Source Business Apps) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Magento (rank #209) holds a modest lead over Odoo (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 38). 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), Magento is clearly ahead of Odoo. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Magento is ahead of Odoo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Odoo is slightly ahead of Magento. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Odoo is slightly ahead of Magento. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Odoo is slightly ahead of Magento.

Magento carries 18,718 GitHub stars across 97 public repos, with 20 repositories active in the last 90 days and 32 external contributors on record. Odoo shows 59,467 stars across 43 public repos, 25 active in the last 90 days and 257 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Odoo's footprint is roughly 3.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Magento is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Odoo 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.