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Patreon vs Zscaler, Inc.

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

Patreon and Zscaler, Inc. both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zscaler, Inc. (rank #298) holds a modest lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 36). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zscaler, Inc. is clearly ahead of Patreon. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zscaler, Inc. is slightly ahead of Patreon. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zscaler, Inc. is ahead of Patreon. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Patreon is clearly ahead of Zscaler, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zscaler, Inc. 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. Zscaler, Inc. shows 337 stars across 58 public repos, 33 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors.

Patreon is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zscaler, Inc. 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

MetricPatreonZscaler, Inc.
Ranking
Overall rank#536#298
Pillars
Overall3645
Code5276
Education6365
Community2639
Reach6137
Momentum040
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars846337
Forks220199
Public repos6258
Active repos (90d)033
External contributors211
Avg polish5386
Avg AI-readiness3761

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