Appcues vs Stripe Samples

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

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over Appcues (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 47). 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), Stripe Samples is slightly ahead of Appcues. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe Samples is ahead of Appcues. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe Samples is ahead of Appcues. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Appcues is ahead of Stripe Samples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe Samples 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. 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 4.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Appcues is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Stripe Samples 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.