Frappe vs Recurly

Frappe (We build world class open-source software products.) and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Frappe (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 44). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Frappe carries 107,553 GitHub stars across 207 public repos, with 62 repositories active in the last 90 days and 174 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Frappe's footprint is roughly 68.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Frappe is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Recurly makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.