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Asana vs Patreon

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

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

Asana (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 36). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Asana carries 1,843 GitHub stars across 34 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Patreon shows 846 stars across 62 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Asana 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricAsanaPatreon
Ranking
Overall rank#338#536
Pillars
Overall4336
Code4952
Education7063
Community2926
Reach3861
Momentum160
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,843846
Forks598220
Public repos3462
Active repos (90d)80
External contributors22
Avg polish4453
Avg AI-readiness4337

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