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Open edX vs segment

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

Open edX (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over segment (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 35). 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 clearly ahead of segment. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), segment is ahead of Open edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Open edX is clearly ahead of segment. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), segment is clearly ahead of Open edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Open edX is clearly ahead of segment.

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. segment shows 0 stars across 0 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Open edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. segment 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricOpen edXsegment
Ranking
Overall rank#372#569
Pillars
Overall4235
Code690
Education4260
Community5111
Reach1057
Momentum670
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars10,6540
Forks8,8880
Public repos1860
Active repos (90d)1000
External contributors910
Avg polish760
Avg AI-readiness390

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