Heap vs Humaans

Heap (Product Insights) and Humaans (A better workplace starts here) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Heap (rank #567) holds a narrow lead over Humaans (rank #696) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 31). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Heap carries 215 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Humaans shows 461 stars across 9 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors.

Heap is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Humaans 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.