Close vs Recurly

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

Close (rank #298) holds a narrow lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 44). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Recurly 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.