Adyen vs Kanboard

Adyen and Kanboard (Kanban project management software) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adyen (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Kanboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 33). The gap of 18 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 Kanboard. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Kanboard is ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Kanboard is ahead of Adyen. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Kanboard is slightly ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adyen is clearly ahead of Kanboard.

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. Kanboard shows 10,486 stars across 52 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Kanboard's footprint is roughly 3.9x 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. Kanboard looks better where community 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.