Podium vs Userlike

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

Podium (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over Userlike (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 35). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Podium carries 86 GitHub stars across 25 public repos, with 7 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Userlike shows 38 stars across 14 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

Podium 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.