Doist vs Patreon

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

Doist (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 36). The gap of 18 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Patreon shows 846 stars across 62 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Doist's footprint is roughly 6.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Doist is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Patreon looks better where reach 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.