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Shopify vs UXPin

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

Shopify (rank #14) holds a meaningful lead over UXPin (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (67 vs 35). The gap of 32 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Shopify carries 124,714 GitHub stars across 1,211 public repos, with 75 repositories active in the last 90 days and 87 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 Shopify's footprint is roughly 141.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Shopify is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. UXPin makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. 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

MetricShopifyUXPin
Ranking
Overall rank#14#569
Pillars
Overall6735
Code7830
Education8166
Community6313
Reach4839
Momentum5234
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars124,714879
Forks19,143117
Public repos1,21125
Active repos (90d)753
External contributors870
Avg polish7923
Avg AI-readiness4621

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