Close vs Etsy, Inc.

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

Close (rank #298) holds a narrow lead over Etsy, Inc. (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 37). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Close carries 3,871 GitHub stars across 190 public repos, with 25 repositories active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors on record. Etsy, Inc. shows 21,986 stars across 85 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Etsy, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 5.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Etsy, Inc. 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.