Orca Security vs Recurly

Orca Security and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Recurly (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Orca Security (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 35). 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 clearly ahead of Orca Security. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Orca Security is slightly ahead of Recurly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Orca Security is ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is slightly ahead of Orca Security.

Orca Security carries 230 GitHub stars across 35 public repos, with 17 repositories active in the last 90 days and 12 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 6.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Orca Security 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.