AfterShip vs Recurly

AfterShip (We are passionate about making eCommerce better. We are a group of geeks who build great automation tools for retailers and shoppers.) and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

AfterShip (rank #298) holds a narrow lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 44). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Recurly is ahead of AfterShip. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), AfterShip is slightly ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), AfterShip is ahead of Recurly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), AfterShip is ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of AfterShip.

AfterShip carries 3,397 GitHub stars across 81 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

AfterShip is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. 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.