Adyen vs Humaans

Adyen and Humaans (A better workplace starts here) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adyen (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Humaans (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 32). The gap of 19 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 Humaans. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Humaans is clearly ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen is clearly ahead of Humaans. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Adyen is slightly ahead of Humaans. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adyen is clearly ahead of Humaans.

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. Humaans shows 461 stars across 9 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adyen's footprint is roughly 5.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Humaans looks better where education 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.