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pCloud Open Source vs Recurly

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

pCloud Open Source and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Recurly (rank #317) holds a modest lead over pCloud Open Source (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 32). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Recurly is clearly ahead of pCloud Open Source. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), pCloud Open Source is slightly ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Recurly is slightly ahead of pCloud Open Source. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), pCloud Open Source is clearly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of pCloud Open Source.

pCloud Open Source carries 867 GitHub stars across 16 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

pCloud Open Source is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Recurly 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

MetricpCloud Open SourceRecurly
Ranking
Overall rank#662#317
Pillars
Overall3244
Code3968
Education6457
Community2734
Reach557
Momentum1264
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars8671,564
Forks285700
Public repos1653
Active repos (90d)426
External contributors25
Avg polish3970
Avg AI-readiness3737

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