Magento vs The PrestaShop Project

Magento and The PrestaShop Project (The universal open-source software platform to build your e-commerce solution.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Magento and The PrestaShop Project sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (49), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Magento is slightly ahead of The PrestaShop Project. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Magento is slightly ahead of The PrestaShop Project. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), The PrestaShop Project is slightly ahead of Magento. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Magento is slightly ahead of The PrestaShop Project. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), The PrestaShop Project is 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. The PrestaShop Project shows 11,935 stars across 292 public repos, 59 active in the last 90 days and 71 external contributors.

Magento is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. The PrestaShop Project looks better where momentum 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.