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ChartMogul vs Recurly

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

ChartMogul (Subscription Analytics Platform) and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Recurly (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over ChartMogul (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 41). The gap of 3 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 ChartMogul. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Recurly is slightly ahead of ChartMogul. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), ChartMogul is ahead of Recurly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), ChartMogul is slightly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of ChartMogul.

ChartMogul carries 112 GitHub stars across 21 public repos, with 7 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Recurly's footprint is roughly 14.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ChartMogul is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricChartMogulRecurly
Ranking
Overall rank#401#317
Pillars
Overall4144
Code4768
Education5457
Community5334
Reach147
Momentum3064
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1121,564
Forks64700
Public repos2153
Active repos (90d)726
External contributors35
Avg polish4170
Avg AI-readiness4337

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