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Heap vs Recharge, Inc

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

Heap (Product Insights) and Recharge, Inc (Our mission is to make repeat orders easier for everyone.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Heap (rank #567) holds a narrow lead over Recharge, Inc (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), Recharge, Inc is slightly ahead of Heap. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Heap is slightly ahead of Recharge, Inc. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Heap is slightly ahead of Recharge, Inc. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Heap is clearly ahead of Recharge, Inc. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recharge, Inc is clearly 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. Recharge, Inc shows 9 stars across 13 public repos, 2 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 23.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Heap is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Recharge, Inc 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricHeapRecharge, Inc
Ranking
Overall rank#567#696
Pillars
Overall3531
Code3536
Education7269
Community115
Reach307
Momentum1235
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars2159
Forks1058
Public repos6513
Active repos (90d)62
External contributors00
Avg polish3732
Avg AI-readiness2333

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