Blackbird vs sendinblue (now Brevo)

Blackbird and sendinblue (now Brevo) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

sendinblue (now Brevo) (rank #372) holds a modest lead over Blackbird (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 30). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Blackbird carries 16 GitHub stars across 165 public repos, with 77 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. sendinblue (now Brevo) shows 653 stars across 37 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but sendinblue (now Brevo)'s footprint is roughly 40.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Blackbird is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. sendinblue (now Brevo) looks better where code quality 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.