Humaans vs SmartRecruiters

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

SmartRecruiters (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Humaans (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 32). The gap of 8 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 Humaans. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Humaans is slightly ahead of SmartRecruiters. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Humaans is slightly ahead of SmartRecruiters. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), SmartRecruiters is clearly ahead of Humaans. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Humaans is ahead of SmartRecruiters.

Humaans carries 461 GitHub stars across 9 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 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 Humaans's footprint is roughly 3.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Humaans is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. 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.