Fillout vs Stripe

Fillout and Stripe both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe (rank #1) holds a meaningful lead over Fillout (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (76 vs 37). The gap of 39 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Fillout carries 2 GitHub stars across 9 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Stripe shows 44,536 stars across 97 public repos, 64 active in the last 90 days and 120 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stripe's footprint is roughly 22268.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Fillout is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Stripe 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.