Attio vs Close

Attio and Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a modest lead over Attio (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 35). 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), Close is ahead of Attio. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Close is slightly ahead of Attio. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Close is ahead of Attio. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Attio is ahead of Close. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Close is clearly ahead of Attio.

Attio carries 90 GitHub stars across 19 public repos, with 13 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Close shows 3,871 stars across 190 public repos, 25 active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Close's footprint is roughly 43.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Attio is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Close 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.