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Apollo.io vs SmartRecruiters

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Apollo.io (Apollo's github repo. Be awed) and SmartRecruiters both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

SmartRecruiters (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Apollo.io (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 34). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Apollo.io carries 73 GitHub stars across 41 public repos, with 7 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. SmartRecruiters shows 119 stars across 25 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Apollo.io is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. SmartRecruiters 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricApollo.ioSmartRecruiters
Ranking
Overall rank#602#430
Pillars
Overall3440
Code3556
Education7465
Community1612
Reach3276
Momentum186
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars73119
Forks4617
Public repos4125
Active repos (90d)73
External contributors52
Avg polish2857
Avg AI-readiness3437

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