Close vs Humaans

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Humaans (A better workplace starts here) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a modest lead over Humaans (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 32). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Humaans shows 461 stars across 9 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Close's footprint is roughly 8.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Humaans looks better where education 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.