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Guesty vs Heap

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

Guesty and Heap (Product Insights) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Heap (rank #567) holds a narrow lead over Guesty (rank #668) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 32). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Guesty carries 1 GitHub stars across 21 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Heap shows 215 stars across 65 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Heap's footprint is roughly 215.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Guesty is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Heap 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricGuestyHeap
Ranking
Overall rank#668#567
Pillars
Overall3235
Code3635
Education6772
Community2811
Reach030
Momentum2012
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1215
Forks22105
Public repos2165
Active repos (90d)16
External contributors10
Avg polish2737
Avg AI-readiness3623

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