Open edX vs Stripe Samples

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

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Open edX (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 42). The gap of 11 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 Stripe Samples. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of Open edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Open edX is slightly ahead of Stripe Samples. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Open edX is slightly ahead of Stripe Samples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Open edX is ahead of Stripe Samples.

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. Stripe Samples shows 4,227 stars across 30 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors.

Open edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Stripe Samples 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.