Heap vs SmartRecruiters

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

SmartRecruiters (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Heap (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 35). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Heap carries 215 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. SmartRecruiters shows 119 stars across 25 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Heap is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. SmartRecruiters 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.