Moodle Development vs Podium

Moodle Development and Podium both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Podium (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over Moodle Development (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 34). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Moodle Development carries 7,353 GitHub stars across 15 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 25 external contributors on record. Podium shows 86 stars across 25 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Moodle Development's footprint is roughly 85.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Moodle Development is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Podium 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.