Adyen vs Coursera
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Adyen and Coursera both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Adyen (rank #162) holds a meaningful lead over Coursera (rank #726) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 30). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Adyen is clearly ahead of Coursera. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adyen is ahead of Coursera. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen is clearly ahead of Coursera. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Coursera is clearly ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adyen is ahead of Coursera.
Adyen carries 2,687 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 48 repositories active in the last 90 days and 38 external contributors on record. Coursera shows 1,367 stars across 81 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.
Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Coursera 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
| Metric | Adyen | Coursera |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #162 | #726 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 51 | 30 |
| Code | 80 | 40 |
| Education | 47 | 37 |
| Community | 45 | 17 |
| Reach | 7 | 41 |
| Momentum | 46 | 30 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 2,687 | 1,367 |
| Forks | 1,979 | 596 |
| Public repos | 65 | 81 |
| Active repos (90d) | 48 | 1 |
| External contributors | 38 | 0 |
| Avg polish | 89 | 44 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 44 | 25 |