Adyen Examples vs Stripe Samples

Adyen Examples (Official examples for Adyen products and services) and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Adyen Examples (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 41). The gap of 12 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 Stripe Samples. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe Samples is slightly ahead of Adyen Examples. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe Samples is slightly ahead of Adyen Examples. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Stripe Samples is slightly ahead of Adyen Examples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe Samples 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. Stripe Samples shows 4,227 stars across 30 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stripe Samples's footprint is roughly 6.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adyen Examples is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Stripe Samples 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.