Open edX vs Skyscanner

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

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

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. Skyscanner shows 8,167 stars across 86 public repos, 18 active in the last 90 days and 39 external contributors.

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