Sage vs ShopwareLabs

Sage and ShopwareLabs both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ShopwareLabs (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Sage (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 33). 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), Sage is ahead of ShopwareLabs. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), ShopwareLabs is clearly ahead of Sage. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Sage is ahead of ShopwareLabs. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), ShopwareLabs is ahead of Sage. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), ShopwareLabs is ahead of Sage.

Sage carries 2,180 GitHub stars across 122 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. ShopwareLabs shows 144 stars across 28 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Sage's footprint is roughly 15.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Sage is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. ShopwareLabs 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.