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Onfido vs Shopify

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

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

Shopify (rank #14) holds a meaningful lead over Onfido (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (67 vs 41). The gap of 26 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Shopify is clearly ahead of Onfido. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Shopify is ahead of Onfido. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Shopify is clearly ahead of Onfido. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Shopify is ahead of Onfido. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Shopify 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. Shopify shows 130,099 stars across 1,215 public repos, 76 active in the last 90 days and 86 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Shopify's footprint is roughly 102.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Onfido is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Shopify looks better where community 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

MetricOnfidoShopify
Ranking
Overall rank#401#14
Pillars
Overall4167
Code4278
Education7181
Community2363
Reach3548
Momentum2753
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,268130,099
Forks77720,433
Public repos851,215
Active repos (90d)1476
External contributors386
Avg polish4879
Avg AI-readiness3146

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