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Kanboard vs Spreedly

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

Kanboard (Kanban project management software) and Spreedly (Simple and secure PCI compliance and payment forwarding.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Kanboard (rank #625) holds a narrow lead over Spreedly (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (33 vs 30). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Kanboard carries 10,509 GitHub stars across 52 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors on record. Spreedly shows 418 stars across 68 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Kanboard's footprint is roughly 25.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Kanboard is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Spreedly looks better where reach 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

MetricKanboardSpreedly
Ranking
Overall rank#625#727
Pillars
Overall3330
Code5250
Education5750
Community6419
Reach840
Momentum2121
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars10,509418
Forks2,726286
Public repos5268
Active repos (90d)411
External contributors152
Avg polish5948
Avg AI-readiness2330

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