Onfido vs Remote

Onfido and Remote (Remote helps with international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance for businesses big and small!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Remote (rank #278) holds a narrow lead over Onfido (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 41). 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), Remote is ahead of Onfido. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Remote is ahead of Onfido. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Remote is ahead of Onfido. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Onfido is ahead of Remote. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Remote is 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. Remote shows 811 stars across 51 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors.

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