Patreon vs pCloud Open Source

Patreon and pCloud Open Source both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Patreon (rank #536) holds a narrow lead over pCloud Open Source (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (36 vs 32). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Patreon carries 846 GitHub stars across 62 public repos, with 0 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. pCloud Open Source shows 867 stars across 16 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Patreon is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. pCloud Open Source 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.