Blackboard Inc. vs Recurly

Blackboard Inc. and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Recurly (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Blackboard Inc. (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 34). 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), Recurly is clearly ahead of Blackboard Inc.. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Recurly is ahead of Blackboard Inc.. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Recurly is slightly ahead of Blackboard Inc.. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Blackboard Inc. is clearly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of Blackboard Inc..

Blackboard Inc. carries 715 GitHub stars across 117 public repos, with 2 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Blackboard Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Recurly 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.