apaleo vs Stripe Samples

apaleo and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a modest lead over apaleo (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 39). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of apaleo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of apaleo. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), apaleo is ahead of Stripe Samples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of apaleo.

apaleo carries 8 GitHub stars across 5 public repos, with 2 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Stripe Samples shows 4,227 stars across 30 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stripe Samples's footprint is roughly 528.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

apaleo is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Stripe Samples looks better where community 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.