Appcues vs Recurly

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

Appcues (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 44). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Recurly is slightly ahead of Appcues. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Appcues is ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Recurly is slightly ahead of Appcues. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Appcues is ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly 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. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Appcues is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.