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Stream vs Lodgify

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

Stream (Build scalable in-app chat, feeds, and live video with AI moderation capabilities in hours, not weeks.) and Lodgify both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stream (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Lodgify (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 30). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Stream carries 35,664 GitHub stars across 487 public repos, with 84 repositories active in the last 90 days and 44 external contributors on record. Lodgify shows 13 stars across 16 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stream's footprint is roughly 2743.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Stream is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Lodgify looks better where education 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

MetricStreamLodgify
Ranking
Overall rank#317#728
Pillars
Overall4430
Code6436
Education5465
Community498
Reach237
Momentum8239
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars35,66413
Forks5,18676
Public repos48716
Active repos (90d)843
External contributors440
Avg polish7435
Avg AI-readiness4724

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