Open edX vs SoundCloud

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

Open edX (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over SoundCloud (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 36). The gap of 6 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 SoundCloud. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), SoundCloud is ahead of Open edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Open edX is ahead of SoundCloud. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), SoundCloud is clearly ahead of Open edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Open edX is clearly ahead of SoundCloud.

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. SoundCloud shows 8,606 stars across 56 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors.

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