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Patreon vs Workday

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

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

Workday (rank #278) holds a modest lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 36). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Workday is slightly ahead of Patreon. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Workday is ahead of Patreon. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Workday is ahead of Patreon. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Patreon is clearly ahead of Workday. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Workday 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. Workday shows 1,102 stars across 57 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors.

Patreon is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Workday 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

MetricPatreonWorkday
Ranking
Overall rank#536#278
Pillars
Overall3646
Code5254
Education6379
Community2640
Reach6128
Momentum032
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars8461,102
Forks220580
Public repos6257
Active repos (90d)019
External contributors211
Avg polish5359
Avg AI-readiness3736

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