Malwarebytes vs Recurly

Malwarebytes (Cyberprotection for every one.) and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Recurly (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Malwarebytes (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 36). The gap of 8 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 Malwarebytes. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Malwarebytes is ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Recurly is ahead of Malwarebytes. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Malwarebytes is clearly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Malwarebytes is slightly ahead of Recurly.

Malwarebytes carries 38 GitHub stars across 20 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 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 41.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Malwarebytes is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. 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.