Heap vs ReadMe

Heap (Product Insights) and ReadMe (Interactive developer hubs that help users succeed with your APIs 🦉) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ReadMe (rank #257) holds a modest lead over Heap (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 35). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), ReadMe is clearly ahead of Heap. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), ReadMe is slightly ahead of Heap. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), ReadMe is clearly ahead of Heap. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Heap is slightly ahead of ReadMe. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), ReadMe 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. ReadMe shows 1,824 stars across 106 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but ReadMe's footprint is roughly 8.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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