Adyen vs Recurly

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

Adyen (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 44). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Adyen is ahead of Recurly. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Recurly is ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen is ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is 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. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Recurly looks better where momentum 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.