Open edX vs Zapier

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

Zapier (rank #27) holds a meaningful lead over Open edX (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 42). The gap of 22 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 Zapier. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zapier is clearly ahead of Open edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Open edX is ahead of Zapier. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zapier is clearly ahead of Open edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Open edX is ahead of Zapier.

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. Zapier shows 6,768 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors.

Open edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Zapier 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.