Onfido vs ReadMe

Onfido and ReadMe (Interactive developer hubs that help users succeed with your APIs 🦉) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ReadMe (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over Onfido (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 41). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), ReadMe is clearly ahead of Onfido. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), ReadMe is slightly ahead of Onfido. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), ReadMe is ahead of Onfido. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Onfido is ahead of ReadMe. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), ReadMe 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. ReadMe shows 1,824 stars across 106 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors.

Onfido is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. ReadMe 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.