Klarna vs Recurly

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

Klarna (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 44). 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), Recurly is ahead of Klarna. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Klarna is ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Recurly is slightly ahead of Klarna. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Klarna is clearly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of Klarna.

Klarna carries 2,965 GitHub stars across 139 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Klarna 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.