Developer ecosystem comparison
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Shopware
@shopware
Rank #317
Score 44
SaaS

Shopware 6 is an open commerce platform based on Symfony Framework and Vue and supported by a worldwide community and more than 2.500 community extensions

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SignNow
@signnow
Rank #209
Score 49
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SignNow e-signature API - send, sign & embed documents in any app. SDKs for Node.js, Python, PHP, .NET & Java.

Shopware vs SignNow

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

Shopware (Shopware 6 is an open commerce platform based on Symfony Framework and Vue and supported by a worldwide community and more than 2.500 community extensions) and SignNow (SignNow e-signature API - send, sign & embed documents in any app. SDKs for Node.js, Python, PHP, .NET & Java.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

SignNow (rank #209) holds a narrow lead over Shopware (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 44). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), SignNow is ahead of Shopware. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Shopware is clearly ahead of SignNow. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), SignNow is clearly ahead of Shopware. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), SignNow is slightly ahead of Shopware.

Shopware carries 4,897 GitHub stars across 88 public repos, with 60 repositories active in the last 90 days and 102 external contributors on record. SignNow shows 96 stars across 16 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Shopware's footprint is roughly 51.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Shopware is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. SignNow 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricShopwareSignNow
Ranking
Overall rank#317#209
Pillars
Overall4449
Code5555
Education6682
Community5026
Reach1862
Momentum4950
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars4,89796
Forks2,24298
Public repos8816
Active repos (90d)608
External contributors1024
Avg polish5559
Avg AI-readiness4046

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