GoCardless vs Revolut

GoCardless and Revolut (Revolut Open Source) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

GoCardless (rank #372) holds a modest lead over Revolut (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 31). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

GoCardless carries 6,977 GitHub stars across 161 public repos, with 19 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Revolut shows 260 stars across 35 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but GoCardless's footprint is roughly 26.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

GoCardless is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Revolut 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.