IFTTT vs Swimlane

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

Swimlane (rank #141) holds a modest lead over IFTTT (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 40). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Swimlane shows 14,614 stars across 128 public repos, 10 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors.

IFTTT is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Swimlane looks better where momentum 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.