Baremetrics vs Patreon

Baremetrics (Subscription Analytics & Insights. One click and you get hundreds of valuable metrics & business insights from Stripe, Recurly, Braintree and more!) and Patreon both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Baremetrics (rank #510) holds a narrow lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (37 vs 36). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Baremetrics carries 908 GitHub stars across 15 public repos, with 0 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Patreon shows 846 stars across 62 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Baremetrics is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.