Gorgias vs Recurly

Gorgias (Gorgias is a multi-channel helpdesk that integrates with all your apps.) and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Recurly (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Gorgias (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 39). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Gorgias carries 14 GitHub stars across 37 public repos, with 9 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 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 Recurly's footprint is roughly 111.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Gorgias is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Recurly looks better where code quality 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.