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Close vs Spreedly

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

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Spreedly (Simple and secure PCI compliance and payment forwarding.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a modest lead over Spreedly (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 30). The gap of 15 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Spreedly shows 418 stars across 67 public repos, 10 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 9.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Spreedly 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

MetricCloseSpreedly
Ranking
Overall rank#298#728
Pillars
Overall4530
Code4850
Education6450
Community3519
Reach040
Momentum5619
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars3,871418
Forks639286
Public repos19067
Active repos (90d)2510
External contributors102
Avg polish4948
Avg AI-readiness3230

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