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Patreon vs Typeform

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

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

Typeform (rank #189) holds a modest lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 36). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Typeform is ahead of Patreon. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Patreon is ahead of Typeform. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Patreon is slightly ahead of Typeform. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Patreon is ahead of Typeform. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Typeform 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. Typeform shows 590 stars across 40 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

Patreon is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Typeform 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

MetricPatreonTypeform
Ranking
Overall rank#536#189
Pillars
Overall3650
Code5271
Education6351
Community2625
Reach6143
Momentum031
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars846590
Forks220254
Public repos6240
Active repos (90d)08
External contributors25
Avg polish5375
Avg AI-readiness3738

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