Odoo vs OpenCart

Odoo (Open Source Business Apps) and OpenCart (PHP based open source ecommerce platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

OpenCart (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Odoo (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 38). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Odoo carries 59,467 GitHub stars across 43 public repos, with 25 repositories active in the last 90 days and 257 external contributors on record. OpenCart shows 8,157 stars across 2 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 26 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Odoo's footprint is roughly 7.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Odoo is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. OpenCart 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.