Adyen Examples vs Stream

Adyen Examples (Official examples for Adyen products and services) and Stream (Build scalable in-app chat, feeds, and live video with AI moderation capabilities in hours, not weeks.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stream (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Adyen Examples (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 41). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Adyen Examples is slightly ahead of Stream. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adyen Examples is clearly ahead of Stream. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stream is slightly ahead of Adyen Examples. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Stream is clearly ahead of Adyen Examples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stream 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. Stream shows 35,664 stars across 487 public repos, 84 active in the last 90 days and 44 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stream's footprint is roughly 53.3x 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. Stream 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.