Adyen vs ReadMe

Adyen and ReadMe (Interactive developer hubs that help users succeed with your APIs 🦉) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adyen (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over ReadMe (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 47). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Adyen is slightly ahead of ReadMe. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), ReadMe is clearly ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen is slightly ahead of ReadMe. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), ReadMe is ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), ReadMe 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. ReadMe shows 1,824 stars across 106 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors.

Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. ReadMe 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.