Close vs Rippling

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Rippling (We make it unbelievably easy to manage your team's payroll, benefits, computers, and apps.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a narrow lead over Rippling (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 39). The gap of 6 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 Rippling. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Close is slightly ahead of Rippling. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Close is slightly ahead of Rippling. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Rippling is clearly ahead of Close. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Close is clearly ahead of Rippling.

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. Rippling shows 156 stars across 11 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Close's footprint is roughly 24.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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