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Dashlane vs Paddle

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

Dashlane (Simple and secure access to all your online accounts. At work, home, and everywhere in between.) and Paddle both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Paddle (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over Dashlane (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 36). 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), Paddle is ahead of Dashlane. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Paddle is slightly ahead of Dashlane. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Paddle is ahead of Dashlane. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Dashlane is clearly ahead of Paddle. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Dashlane is slightly ahead of Paddle.

Dashlane carries 1,223 GitHub stars across 46 public repos, with 5 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Paddle shows 997 stars across 54 public repos, 22 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors.

Dashlane is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Paddle 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricDashlanePaddle
Ranking
Overall rank#536#372
Pillars
Overall3642
Code4861
Education5357
Community2941
Reach4723
Momentum3834
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,223997
Forks253650
Public repos4654
Active repos (90d)522
External contributors36
Avg polish5363
Avg AI-readiness3240

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