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Patreon vs Sophos

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

Sophos (rank #510) holds a narrow lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (37 vs 36). The gap of 1 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 Sophos. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Sophos is slightly ahead of Patreon. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Sophos is slightly ahead of Patreon. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Patreon is clearly ahead of Sophos. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Sophos 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. Sophos shows 1,438 stars across 84 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

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

Side-by-side metrics

MetricPatreonSophos
Ranking
Overall rank#536#510
Pillars
Overall3637
Code5233
Education6368
Community2633
Reach6111
Momentum042
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars8461,438
Forks220432
Public repos6284
Active repos (90d)07
External contributors22
Avg polish5341
Avg AI-readiness3722

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