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Onfido vs Productboard

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Onfido and Productboard (Make things that matter, together. See also @productboardlabs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Onfido (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Productboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 33). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Productboard shows 90 stars across 87 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Onfido's footprint is roughly 14.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Onfido is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Productboard 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricOnfidoProductboard
Ranking
Overall rank#401#625
Pillars
Overall4133
Code4241
Education7130
Community2316
Reach3522
Momentum2748
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,26890
Forks77779
Public repos8587
Active repos (90d)148
External contributors32
Avg polish4832
Avg AI-readiness3134

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