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Jamf vs Recurly

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

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

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

Jamf carries 7,946 GitHub stars across 114 public repos, with 20 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Jamf's footprint is roughly 5.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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

Side-by-side metrics

MetricJamfRecurly
Ranking
Overall rank#430#317
Pillars
Overall4044
Code3368
Education6857
Community4134
Reach447
Momentum6164
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars7,9461,564
Forks1,547700
Public repos11453
Active repos (90d)2026
External contributors55
Avg polish4570
Avg AI-readiness2137

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