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Close vs Sysdig

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

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Sysdig (Security for containers, Kubernetes, and cloud services) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a modest lead over Sysdig (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 31). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Sysdig shows 284 stars across 6 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Close's footprint is roughly 13.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Sysdig 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

MetricCloseSysdig
Ranking
Overall rank#298#693
Pillars
Overall4531
Code4818
Education6454
Community3518
Reach034
Momentum5636
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars3,871284
Forks63940
Public repos1906
Active repos (90d)251
External contributors101
Avg polish4925
Avg AI-readiness3212

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