Adyen Examples vs Zendesk

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

Zendesk (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Adyen Examples (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 41). The gap of 10 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 Zendesk. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adyen Examples is clearly ahead of Zendesk. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zendesk is slightly ahead of Adyen Examples. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zendesk is clearly ahead of Adyen Examples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zendesk 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. Zendesk shows 12,427 stars across 891 public repos, 87 active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zendesk's footprint is roughly 18.6x 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. Zendesk 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.