Coursera vs Patreon

Coursera and Patreon both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Patreon (rank #539) holds a narrow lead over Coursera (rank #726) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (36 vs 30). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Coursera carries 1,367 GitHub stars across 81 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Patreon shows 845 stars across 63 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors.

Coursera is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Patreon 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.