Adyen vs Zeplin
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Adyen and Zeplin both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Adyen (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Zeplin (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 40). The gap of 11 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 Zeplin. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zeplin is clearly ahead of Adyen. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adyen is ahead of Zeplin. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zeplin is ahead of Adyen. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adyen is clearly ahead of Zeplin.
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. Zeplin shows 1,460 stars across 57 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors.
Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Zeplin 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
| Metric | Adyen | Zeplin |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #165 | #430 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 51 | 40 |
| Code | 80 | 49 |
| Education | 47 | 77 |
| Community | 46 | 28 |
| Reach | 7 | 20 |
| Momentum | 47 | 16 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 2,684 | 1,460 |
| Forks | 1,978 | 228 |
| Public repos | 65 | 57 |
| Active repos (90d) | 49 | 8 |
| External contributors | 39 | 4 |
| Avg polish | 89 | 54 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 44 | 26 |