Open edX vs UserTesting

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

Open edX (rank #336) holds a modest lead over UserTesting (rank #691) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 31). The gap of 12 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 UserTesting. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), UserTesting is ahead of Open edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Open edX is clearly ahead of UserTesting. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), UserTesting is clearly ahead of Open edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Open edX is clearly ahead of UserTesting.

Open edX carries 10,600 GitHub stars across 186 public repos, with 99 repositories active in the last 90 days and 96 external contributors on record. UserTesting shows 15 stars across 119 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Open edX's footprint is roughly 706.7x 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. UserTesting 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.