Open edX vs SAP

Open edX (The community-driven, open-source project powering edX.org and thousands of other online education sites around the world.) and SAP (SAP SE, a global software company, is one of the largest vendors of ERP and other enterprise applications.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

SAP (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Open edX (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 42). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. SAP shows 12,850 stars across 309 public repos, 96 active in the last 90 days and 60 external contributors.

Open edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. SAP 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.