Patreon vs SmartRecruiters

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

SmartRecruiters (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), SmartRecruiters is slightly ahead of Patreon. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), SmartRecruiters is slightly ahead of Patreon. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Patreon is ahead of SmartRecruiters. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), SmartRecruiters is ahead of Patreon. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), SmartRecruiters is slightly 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. SmartRecruiters shows 119 stars across 25 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Patreon's footprint is roughly 7.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Patreon is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. SmartRecruiters looks better where reach 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.