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Adyen Examples vs Recurly

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

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

Recurly (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 Recurly. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adyen Examples is clearly ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen Examples is ahead of Recurly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Recurly is slightly ahead of Adyen Examples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly 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. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

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

MetricAdyen ExamplesRecurly
Ranking
Overall rank#401#317
Pillars
Overall4144
Code7168
Education7957
Community4334
Reach07
Momentum2764
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars6691,564
Forks586700
Public repos3453
Active repos (90d)1426
External contributors25
Avg polish7970
Avg AI-readiness3737

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