GoCardless vs Stripe Samples

GoCardless and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a modest lead over GoCardless (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 42). 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), Stripe Samples is ahead of GoCardless. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of GoCardless. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe Samples is ahead of GoCardless. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), GoCardless is slightly ahead of Stripe Samples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), GoCardless is slightly ahead of Stripe Samples.

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. Stripe Samples shows 4,227 stars across 30 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors.

GoCardless is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Stripe Samples 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.