Humaans vs Patreon

Humaans (A better workplace starts here) and Patreon both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Patreon (rank #536) holds a narrow lead over Humaans (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (36 vs 32). 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), Patreon is slightly ahead of Humaans. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Humaans is slightly ahead of Patreon. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Patreon is ahead of Humaans. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Patreon is clearly ahead of Humaans. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Humaans is clearly ahead of Patreon.

Humaans carries 461 GitHub stars across 9 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Patreon shows 846 stars across 62 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Humaans is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Patreon 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.