Onfido vs Podium

Onfido and Podium both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Podium (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over Onfido (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 41). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Onfido carries 1,268 GitHub stars across 85 public repos, with 14 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 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 Onfido's footprint is roughly 14.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Onfido is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. 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.