Open edX vs The PrestaShop Project

Open edX (The community-driven, open-source project powering edX.org and thousands of other online education sites around the world.) and The PrestaShop Project (The universal open-source software platform to build your e-commerce solution.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

The PrestaShop Project (rank #209) holds a narrow lead over Open edX (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 42). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. The PrestaShop Project shows 11,935 stars across 292 public repos, 59 active in the last 90 days and 71 external contributors.

Open edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. The PrestaShop Project looks better where education 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.