Close vs Grammarly

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Grammarly (Millions of users rely on Grammarly's AI-powered products to make their messages, documents, and social media posts clear, mistake-free, and impactful.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a modest lead over Grammarly (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 34). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Grammarly shows 4,355 stars across 23 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Grammarly 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.