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Adyen vs Recharge, Inc

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Adyen and Recharge, Inc (Our mission is to make repeat orders easier for everyone.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adyen (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Recharge, Inc (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 31). The gap of 20 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 Recharge, Inc. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Recharge, Inc is clearly ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen is clearly ahead of Recharge, Inc. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adyen is ahead of Recharge, Inc.

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. Recharge, Inc shows 9 stars across 13 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Adyen's footprint is roughly 298.2x 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. Recharge, Inc 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricAdyenRecharge, Inc
Ranking
Overall rank#165#693
Pillars
Overall5131
Code8036
Education4769
Community465
Reach77
Momentum4735
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars2,6849
Forks1,9788
Public repos6513
Active repos (90d)492
External contributors390
Avg polish8932
Avg AI-readiness4433

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