Open edX vs Zammad

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

Zammad (rank #152) holds a modest lead over Open edX (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 42). The gap of 10 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 Zammad. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zammad is clearly ahead of Open edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zammad is ahead of Open edX. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Open edX is ahead of Zammad. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Open edX is clearly ahead of Zammad.

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. Zammad shows 6,394 stars across 11 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors.

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