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Open edX vs T R I P T E A S E

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 T R I P T E A S E both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Open edX (rank #372) holds a modest lead over T R I P T E A S E (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 31). 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 clearly ahead of T R I P T E A S E. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), T R I P T E A S E is clearly ahead of Open edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Open edX is clearly ahead of T R I P T E A S E. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), T R I P T E A S E is ahead of Open edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Open edX is clearly ahead of T R I P T E A S E.

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. T R I P T E A S E shows 9 stars across 38 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Open edX's footprint is roughly 1183.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Open edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. T R I P T E A S E 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricOpen edXT R I P T E A S E
Ranking
Overall rank#372#693
Pillars
Overall4231
Code6941
Education4277
Community5112
Reach1030
Momentum678
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars10,6549
Forks8,88815
Public repos18638
Active repos (90d)1004
External contributors912
Avg polish7635
Avg AI-readiness3923

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