Lodgify vs Recurly

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

Recurly (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Lodgify (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 30). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Recurly is clearly ahead of Lodgify. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Lodgify is slightly ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Recurly is clearly ahead of Lodgify. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of Lodgify.

Lodgify carries 13 GitHub stars across 16 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 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 Recurly's footprint is roughly 120.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Lodgify is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Recurly looks better where code quality 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.