Close vs Shopify

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

Shopify (rank #14) holds a meaningful lead over Close (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (67 vs 45). The gap of 22 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Shopify shows 124,714 stars across 1,211 public repos, 75 active in the last 90 days and 87 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Shopify's footprint is roughly 32.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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