Adyen Examples vs GoCardless

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

GoCardless (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over Adyen Examples (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 41). The gap of 1 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 GoCardless. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adyen Examples is clearly ahead of GoCardless. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen Examples is ahead of GoCardless. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), GoCardless is ahead of Adyen Examples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), GoCardless 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. GoCardless shows 6,977 stars across 161 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but GoCardless's footprint is roughly 10.4x 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. GoCardless 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.