Cloudbeds vs ReadMe

Cloudbeds and ReadMe (Interactive developer hubs that help users succeed with your APIs 🦉) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ReadMe (rank #256) holds a modest lead over Cloudbeds (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 30). The gap of 17 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Cloudbeds carries 49 GitHub stars across 29 public repos, with 9 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. ReadMe shows 1,825 stars across 106 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 24 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but ReadMe's footprint is roughly 37.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Cloudbeds is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. ReadMe looks better where code quality 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.