Open edX vs Pinterest

Open edX (The community-driven, open-source project powering edX.org and thousands of other online education sites around the world.) and Pinterest (Pinterest's Open Source Projects) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Open edX (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over Pinterest (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 40). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Pinterest is slightly ahead of Open edX. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Pinterest is ahead of Open edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Open edX is slightly ahead of Pinterest. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Pinterest is ahead of Open edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Open edX is clearly ahead of Pinterest.

Open edX carries 10,654 GitHub stars across 186 public repos, with 100 repositories active in the last 90 days and 91 external contributors on record. Pinterest shows 30,737 stars across 98 public repos, 37 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors.

Open edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Pinterest looks better where reach 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.