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HubSpot vs Stripe Samples

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

HubSpot and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

HubSpot (rank #93) holds a narrow lead over Stripe Samples (rank #141) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 53). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Stripe Samples shows 4,227 stars across 30 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but HubSpot's footprint is roughly 12.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

HubSpot is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Stripe Samples 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricHubSpotStripe Samples
Ranking
Overall rank#93#141
Pillars
Overall5653
Code5566
Education5285
Community3547
Reach958
Momentum5452
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars53,4814,227
Forks6,8642,301
Public repos38130
Active repos (90d)3523
External contributors48
Avg polish5376
Avg AI-readiness3734

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