Patreon vs Vimeo

Patreon and Vimeo (You know, for videos.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Vimeo (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), Vimeo is ahead of Patreon. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Patreon is ahead of Vimeo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Vimeo is ahead of Patreon. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Patreon is clearly ahead of Vimeo. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Vimeo 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. Vimeo shows 14,779 stars across 105 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 19 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Vimeo's footprint is roughly 17.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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