IFTTT vs Patreon

IFTTT (Automations for business and home. 1,000+ of your favorite apps, services and devices. Save time and get more done.) and Patreon both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

IFTTT (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 36). 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 IFTTT. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), IFTTT is ahead of Patreon. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), IFTTT is slightly ahead of Patreon. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Patreon is slightly ahead of IFTTT. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), IFTTT is slightly ahead of Patreon.

IFTTT carries 15,307 GitHub stars across 75 public repos, with 1 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. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but IFTTT's footprint is roughly 18.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

IFTTT is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Patreon looks better where code quality 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.