OpenCart vs Workable

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

OpenCart (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Workable (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 35). 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), Workable is ahead of OpenCart. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), OpenCart is ahead of Workable. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), OpenCart is clearly ahead of Workable. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Workable is slightly ahead of OpenCart. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Workable is slightly ahead of OpenCart.

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. Workable shows 785 stars across 96 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but OpenCart's footprint is roughly 10.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

OpenCart is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Workable 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.