Close vs Swimlane

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Swimlane (Swimlane is a Security Automation and Orchestration platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

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

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. Swimlane shows 14,614 stars across 128 public repos, 10 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Swimlane's footprint is roughly 3.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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