Pendo vs UXPin

Pendo and UXPin (The Full-Stack UX Design Platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

UXPin (rank #569) holds a narrow lead over Pendo (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 33). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), UXPin is slightly ahead of Pendo. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), UXPin is slightly ahead of Pendo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Pendo is clearly ahead of UXPin. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), UXPin is ahead of Pendo. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), UXPin is slightly ahead of Pendo.

Pendo carries 267 GitHub stars across 134 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 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 UXPin's footprint is roughly 3.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Pendo is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. 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.