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Adyen vs Box

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

Adyen and Box (Box, Inc.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Box (rank #93) holds a narrow lead over Adyen (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 51). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Adyen is ahead of Box. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Box is ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Box is slightly ahead of Adyen. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Box is clearly ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adyen is ahead of Box.

Adyen carries 2,684 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 49 repositories active in the last 90 days and 39 external contributors on record. Box shows 14,074 stars across 84 public repos, 18 active in the last 90 days and 33 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Box's footprint is roughly 5.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Box 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

MetricAdyenBox
Ranking
Overall rank#165#93
Pillars
Overall5156
Code8068
Education4766
Community4651
Reach762
Momentum4731
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars2,68414,074
Forks1,9783,717
Public repos6584
Active repos (90d)4918
External contributors3933
Avg polish8967
Avg AI-readiness4445

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