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Adyen Examples vs Dropbox

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

Adyen Examples (Official examples for Adyen products and services) and Dropbox both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Dropbox (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over Adyen Examples (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 41). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Adyen Examples carries 669 GitHub stars across 34 public repos, with 14 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Dropbox shows 61,045 stars across 247 public repos, 29 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Dropbox's footprint is roughly 91.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adyen Examples is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Dropbox 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

MetricAdyen ExamplesDropbox
Ranking
Overall rank#401#257
Pillars
Overall4147
Code7148
Education7951
Community4346
Reach037
Momentum2758
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars66961,045
Forks5868,223
Public repos34247
Active repos (90d)1429
External contributors22
Avg polish7952
Avg AI-readiness3733

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