HubSpot vs SmartRecruiters

HubSpot and SmartRecruiters both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

HubSpot (rank #93) holds a modest lead over SmartRecruiters (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 40). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

HubSpot carries 53,481 GitHub stars across 381 public repos, with 35 repositories active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors on record. SmartRecruiters shows 119 stars across 25 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but HubSpot's footprint is roughly 449.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

HubSpot is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. SmartRecruiters looks better where education 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.