Orca Security vs Sage

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

Orca Security (rank #568) holds a narrow lead over Sage (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 33). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Sage shows 2,180 stars across 122 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Sage's footprint is roughly 9.5x 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. Sage 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.