Patreon vs Recruitee

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

Patreon (rank #536) holds a narrow lead over Recruitee (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (36 vs 34). 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), Patreon is slightly ahead of Recruitee. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Recruitee is slightly ahead of Patreon. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Patreon is ahead of Recruitee. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Patreon is clearly ahead of Recruitee. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recruitee is clearly 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. Recruitee shows 411 stars across 56 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Patreon is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Recruitee 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.