Orca Security vs Remote

Orca Security and Remote (Remote helps with international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance for businesses big and small!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Remote (rank #278) holds a modest lead over Orca Security (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 35). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Remote is ahead of Orca Security. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Remote is clearly ahead of Orca Security. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Orca Security is slightly ahead of Remote. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Orca Security is slightly ahead of Remote. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Orca Security is ahead of Remote.

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. Remote shows 811 stars across 51 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Remote's footprint is roughly 3.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Orca Security is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Remote 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.