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Klaviyo vs Recurly

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

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

Klaviyo (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 44). 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 ahead of Klaviyo. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Recurly is slightly ahead of Klaviyo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Klaviyo is ahead of Recurly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Klaviyo is clearly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of Klaviyo.

Klaviyo carries 573 GitHub stars across 117 public repos, with 23 repositories active in the last 90 days and 17 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Klaviyo 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

MetricKlaviyoRecurly
Ranking
Overall rank#237#317
Pillars
Overall4844
Code5468
Education5657
Community4934
Reach417
Momentum3464
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars5731,564
Forks339700
Public repos11753
Active repos (90d)2326
External contributors175
Avg polish5770
Avg AI-readiness4237

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