CrowdStrike vs Recurly

CrowdStrike and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

CrowdStrike (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 44). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

CrowdStrike carries 5,991 GitHub stars across 267 public repos, with 74 repositories active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but CrowdStrike's footprint is roughly 3.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

CrowdStrike is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Recurly 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.