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Podio vs Userlike

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

Podio and Userlike both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Podio (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Userlike (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 35). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Podio carries 2,064 GitHub stars across 74 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Userlike shows 38 stars across 14 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Podio's footprint is roughly 54.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Podio is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Userlike looks better where education 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

MetricPodioUserlike
Ranking
Overall rank#430#569
Pillars
Overall4035
Code4243
Education5585
Community2512
Reach5420
Momentum1612
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars2,06438
Forks7575
Public repos7414
Active repos (90d)83
External contributors23
Avg polish4436
Avg AI-readiness2935

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