Patreon vs Sprout Social

Patreon and Sprout Social both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Sprout Social (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 36). The gap of 5 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 Sprout Social. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Patreon is ahead of Sprout Social. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Patreon is ahead of Sprout Social. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Patreon is ahead of Sprout Social. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Sprout Social 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. Sprout Social shows 313 stars across 68 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

Patreon is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Sprout Social 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.