Adyen vs The PrestaShop Project

Adyen and The PrestaShop Project (The universal open-source software platform to build your e-commerce solution.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adyen (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over The PrestaShop Project (rank #209) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 49). The gap of 2 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 The PrestaShop Project. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), The PrestaShop Project is ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), The PrestaShop Project is slightly ahead of Adyen. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), The PrestaShop Project is ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), The PrestaShop Project 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. The PrestaShop Project shows 11,935 stars across 292 public repos, 59 active in the last 90 days and 71 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but The PrestaShop Project's footprint is roughly 4.4x 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. The PrestaShop Project 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.