Adyen vs Onfido
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Adyen and Onfido both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Adyen (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Onfido (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 41). The gap of 10 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 Onfido. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Onfido is clearly ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen is clearly ahead of Onfido. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Onfido is clearly ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adyen is ahead of Onfido.
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. Onfido shows 1,268 stars across 85 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.
Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Onfido 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 | Onfido |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #165 | #401 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 51 | 41 |
| Code | 80 | 42 |
| Education | 47 | 71 |
| Community | 46 | 23 |
| Reach | 7 | 35 |
| Momentum | 47 | 27 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 2,684 | 1,268 |
| Forks | 1,978 | 777 |
| Public repos | 65 | 85 |
| Active repos (90d) | 49 | 14 |
| External contributors | 39 | 3 |
| Avg polish | 89 | 48 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 44 | 31 |