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InVision vs Recurly

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

InVision and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Recurly (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over InVision (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 40). 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), Recurly is clearly ahead of InVision. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), InVision is clearly ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Recurly is ahead of InVision. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), InVision is clearly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of InVision.

InVision carries 1,303 GitHub stars across 114 public repos, with 0 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

InVision is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Recurly 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricInVisionRecurly
Ranking
Overall rank#430#317
Pillars
Overall4044
Code4668
Education8057
Community1434
Reach407
Momentum064
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,3031,564
Forks193700
Public repos11453
Active repos (90d)026
External contributors05
Avg polish5270
Avg AI-readiness3437

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