Heap vs Orca Security

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

Heap and Orca Security sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (35), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

Heap carries 215 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Orca Security shows 230 stars across 35 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 12 external contributors.

Heap is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Orca Security looks better where momentum 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.