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Appcues vs Mirakl

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

Appcues and Mirakl (The Marketplace Company) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Appcues (rank #257) holds a modest lead over Mirakl (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 37). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Appcues carries 984 GitHub stars across 122 public repos, with 17 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Mirakl shows 110 stars across 22 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Appcues's footprint is roughly 8.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Appcues is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Mirakl 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricAppcuesMirakl
Ranking
Overall rank#257#510
Pillars
Overall4737
Code6346
Education7049
Community2935
Reach1822
Momentum3160
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars984110
Forks14140
Public repos12222
Active repos (90d)178
External contributors63
Avg polish5942
Avg AI-readiness4433

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