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Adyen Examples vs SlackAPI

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

Adyen Examples (Official examples for Adyen products and services) and SlackAPI (https://docs.slack.dev/tools) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

SlackAPI (rank #47) holds a modest lead over Adyen Examples (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 41). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), SlackAPI is ahead of Adyen Examples. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adyen Examples is clearly ahead of SlackAPI. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen Examples is slightly ahead of SlackAPI. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), SlackAPI is slightly ahead of Adyen Examples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), SlackAPI 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. SlackAPI shows 17,894 stars across 37 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 39 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but SlackAPI's footprint is roughly 26.7x 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. SlackAPI 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 ExamplesSlackAPI
Ranking
Overall rank#401#47
Pillars
Overall4161
Code7185
Education7958
Community4342
Reach06
Momentum2776
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars66917,894
Forks5863,838
Public repos3437
Active repos (90d)1419
External contributors239
Avg polish7990
Avg AI-readiness3755

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