LiveChat vs Recurly

LiveChat (Join LiveChat Developer Program https://platform.text.com/) and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LiveChat (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 44). The gap of 9 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 LiveChat. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), LiveChat is clearly ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), LiveChat is slightly ahead of Recurly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LiveChat is clearly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of LiveChat.

LiveChat carries 755 GitHub stars across 168 public repos, with 24 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.

LiveChat 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.