Appcues vs Patreon

Appcues and Patreon both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Appcues (rank #257) holds a modest lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 36). 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), Appcues is ahead of Patreon. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Appcues is slightly ahead of Patreon. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Appcues is slightly ahead of Patreon. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Patreon is clearly ahead of Appcues. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Appcues is clearly ahead of Patreon.

Appcues carries 984 GitHub stars across 122 public repos, with 17 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Patreon shows 846 stars across 62 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Appcues is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Patreon 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.