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Open edX vs Vimeo

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 Vimeo (You know, for videos.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Vimeo (rank #209) holds a narrow lead over Open edX (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 42). 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 slightly ahead of Vimeo. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Vimeo is slightly ahead of Open edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Open edX is slightly ahead of Vimeo. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Vimeo is ahead of Open edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Open edX is slightly ahead of Vimeo.

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. Vimeo shows 14,779 stars across 105 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 19 external contributors.

Open edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Vimeo 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricOpen edXVimeo
Ranking
Overall rank#372#209
Pillars
Overall4249
Code6963
Education4250
Community5145
Reach1019
Momentum6760
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars10,65414,779
Forks8,8883,071
Public repos186105
Active repos (90d)10019
External contributors9119
Avg polish7667
Avg AI-readiness3938

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