Magento vs Stripe Samples

Magento and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over Magento (rank #209) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 49). 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), Magento is slightly ahead of Stripe Samples. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe Samples is ahead of Magento. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Magento is slightly ahead of Stripe Samples. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Magento is ahead of Stripe Samples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe Samples is ahead of Magento.

Magento carries 18,718 GitHub stars across 97 public repos, with 20 repositories active in the last 90 days and 32 external contributors on record. Stripe Samples shows 4,227 stars across 30 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Magento's footprint is roughly 4.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Magento is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Stripe Samples looks better where education 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.