Okta, Inc vs Open edX

Okta, Inc and Open edX (The community-driven, open-source project powering edX.org and thousands of other online education sites around the world.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Okta, Inc (rank #73) holds a modest lead over Open edX (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (58 vs 42). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Okta, Inc carries 6,250 GitHub stars across 88 public repos, with 44 repositories active in the last 90 days and 52 external contributors on record. Open edX shows 10,654 stars across 186 public repos, 100 active in the last 90 days and 91 external contributors.

Okta, Inc is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Open edX 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.