OpenCart vs sendinblue (now Brevo)

OpenCart (PHP based open source ecommerce platform) and sendinblue (now Brevo) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

sendinblue (now Brevo) (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over OpenCart (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), sendinblue (now Brevo) is slightly ahead of OpenCart. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), sendinblue (now Brevo) is slightly ahead of OpenCart. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), OpenCart is clearly ahead of sendinblue (now Brevo). On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), OpenCart is slightly ahead of sendinblue (now Brevo). On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), OpenCart is clearly ahead of sendinblue (now Brevo).

OpenCart carries 8,157 GitHub stars across 2 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 26 external contributors on record. sendinblue (now Brevo) shows 653 stars across 37 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but OpenCart's footprint is roughly 12.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

OpenCart is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. sendinblue (now Brevo) 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.