Slab vs Zammad

Slab (Making the workplace a source of learning and purpose through knowledge-sharing. We're hiring!) and Zammad both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zammad (rank #152) holds a modest lead over Slab (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 39). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Slab carries 49,433 GitHub stars across 28 public repos, with 0 repositories active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors on record. Zammad shows 6,394 stars across 11 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Slab's footprint is roughly 7.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Slab is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zammad looks better where momentum 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.