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Close vs Recruitee

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

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

Close (rank #298) holds a modest lead over Recruitee (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 Recruitee. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Recruitee is slightly ahead of Close. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Close is clearly ahead of Recruitee. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Recruitee is clearly ahead of Close. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Close is clearly ahead of Recruitee.

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. Recruitee shows 411 stars across 56 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Close's footprint is roughly 9.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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

Side-by-side metrics

MetricCloseRecruitee
Ranking
Overall rank#298#602
Pillars
Overall4534
Code4846
Education6471
Community3512
Reach035
Momentum5628
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars3,871411
Forks63967
Public repos19056
Active repos (90d)250
External contributors100
Avg polish4938
Avg AI-readiness3233

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