Odoo vs Sage

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

Odoo (rank #485) holds a narrow lead over Sage (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (38 vs 33). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Sage is ahead of Odoo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Odoo is ahead of Sage. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Odoo is slightly ahead of Sage. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Odoo is clearly ahead of Sage.

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. Sage shows 2,180 stars across 122 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Odoo's footprint is roughly 27.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Odoo is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Sage looks better where code quality 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.