Moodle Development vs Recurly

Moodle Development and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Recurly (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Moodle Development (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 34). The gap of 10 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 Moodle Development. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Recurly is ahead of Moodle Development. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Moodle Development is slightly ahead of Recurly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Moodle Development is ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of Moodle Development.

Moodle Development carries 7,353 GitHub stars across 15 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 25 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 Moodle Development's footprint is roughly 4.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Moodle Development 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.