Adyen vs Kandji

Adyen and Kandji both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adyen (rank #165) holds a meaningful lead over Kandji (rank #728) 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 Kandji. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adyen is slightly ahead of Kandji. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen is ahead of Kandji. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Kandji is clearly ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Kandji is slightly ahead of Adyen.

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. Kandji shows 387 stars across 7 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adyen's footprint is roughly 6.9x 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. Kandji 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.