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Adyen Examples vs Paddle

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

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

Paddle (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 ahead of Paddle. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adyen Examples is clearly ahead of Paddle. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen Examples is slightly ahead of Paddle. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Paddle is clearly ahead of Adyen Examples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Paddle is slightly 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. Paddle shows 997 stars across 54 public repos, 22 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors.

Adyen Examples is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Paddle 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 ExamplesPaddle
Ranking
Overall rank#401#372
Pillars
Overall4142
Code7161
Education7957
Community4341
Reach023
Momentum2734
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars669997
Forks586650
Public repos3454
Active repos (90d)1422
External contributors26
Avg polish7963
Avg AI-readiness3740

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