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Kanboard vs Recurly

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

Kanboard (Kanban project management software) and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Recurly (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Kanboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 33). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Recurly is ahead of Kanboard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Kanboard is clearly ahead of Recurly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Kanboard is slightly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of Kanboard.

Kanboard carries 10,486 GitHub stars across 52 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 13 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 Kanboard's footprint is roughly 6.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Kanboard is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. 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

MetricKanboardRecurly
Ranking
Overall rank#625#317
Pillars
Overall3344
Code5268
Education5757
Community6434
Reach87
Momentum2164
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars10,4861,564
Forks2,719700
Public repos5253
Active repos (90d)426
External contributors135
Avg polish5970
Avg AI-readiness2337

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