Patreon vs Podio

Patreon and Podio both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Podio (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 36). 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 Podio. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Patreon is slightly ahead of Podio. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Patreon is slightly ahead of Podio. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Patreon is slightly ahead of Podio. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Podio 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. Podio shows 2,064 stars across 74 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Patreon is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Podio 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.