Close vs Stripe Samples

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over Close (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 45). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Stripe Samples shows 4,227 stars across 30 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Stripe Samples looks better where education 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.