Open edX vs UXPin

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

Open edX (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over UXPin (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 35). 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 clearly ahead of UXPin. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), UXPin is clearly ahead of Open edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Open edX is clearly ahead of UXPin. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), UXPin is clearly ahead of Open edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Open edX is clearly ahead of UXPin.

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. UXPin shows 879 stars across 25 public repos, 3 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 12.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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