Doist vs Paddle

Doist (Empowering people with simple yet powerful tools ✨) and Paddle both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Doist (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Paddle (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 42). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Doist carries 5,576 GitHub stars across 170 public repos, with 45 repositories active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors on record. Paddle shows 997 stars across 54 public repos, 22 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Doist's footprint is roughly 5.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Doist is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Paddle looks better where community 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.