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Cybersource vs Recurly

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

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

Recurly (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Cybersource (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 36). 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), Recurly is ahead of Cybersource. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Cybersource is slightly ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Recurly is slightly ahead of Cybersource. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Cybersource is clearly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of Cybersource.

Cybersource carries 587 GitHub stars across 40 public repos, with 28 repositories active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Cybersource is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Recurly looks better where momentum 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

MetricCybersourceRecurly
Ranking
Overall rank#536#317
Pillars
Overall3644
Code4968
Education6457
Community3134
Reach367
Momentum3764
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars5871,564
Forks986700
Public repos4053
Active repos (90d)2826
External contributors75
Avg polish4870
Avg AI-readiness4337

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