Typeform vs Zapier

Typeform and Zapier both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zapier (rank #27) holds a modest lead over Typeform (rank #189) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 50). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Typeform carries 590 GitHub stars across 40 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Zapier shows 6,768 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zapier's footprint is roughly 11.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Typeform is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Zapier 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.