Patreon vs Skyscanner

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

Skyscanner (rank #209) holds a modest lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 36). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Skyscanner is ahead of Patreon. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Skyscanner is ahead of Patreon. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Skyscanner is ahead of Patreon. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Patreon is clearly ahead of Skyscanner. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Skyscanner 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. Skyscanner shows 8,167 stars across 86 public repos, 18 active in the last 90 days and 39 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Skyscanner's footprint is roughly 9.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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