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ActiveCampaign vs Cybersource

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

ActiveCampaign and Cybersource both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ActiveCampaign (rank #485) holds a narrow lead over Cybersource (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (38 vs 36). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

ActiveCampaign carries 6,653 GitHub stars across 88 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Cybersource shows 587 stars across 40 public repos, 28 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but ActiveCampaign's footprint is roughly 11.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ActiveCampaign is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Cybersource 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricActiveCampaignCybersource
Ranking
Overall rank#485#536
Pillars
Overall3836
Code5549
Education6664
Community3431
Reach3036
Momentum1237
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars6,653587
Forks1,879986
Public repos8840
Active repos (90d)628
External contributors37
Avg polish5548
Avg AI-readiness3243

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