Adyen vs Shopify

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

Shopify (rank #14) holds a modest lead over Adyen (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (67 vs 51). The gap of 16 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 Shopify. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Shopify is clearly ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Shopify is ahead of Adyen. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Shopify is clearly ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Shopify 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. Shopify shows 124,714 stars across 1,211 public repos, 75 active in the last 90 days and 87 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Shopify's footprint is roughly 46.5x 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. Shopify 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.