Moodle Development vs Remote

Moodle Development and Remote (Remote helps with international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance for businesses big and small!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Remote (rank #278) holds a modest lead over Moodle Development (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 34). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Remote is slightly ahead of Moodle Development. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Remote is clearly ahead of Moodle Development. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Moodle Development is slightly ahead of Remote. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Moodle Development is slightly ahead of Remote. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Remote is clearly 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. Remote shows 811 stars across 51 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Moodle Development's footprint is roughly 9.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Moodle Development is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Remote looks better where education 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.