PostHog vs Recurly

PostHog (The single platform to analyze, test, observe, and deploy new features) and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

PostHog (rank #30) holds a modest lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 44). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

PostHog carries 40,775 GitHub stars across 357 public repos, with 87 repositories active in the last 90 days and 212 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but PostHog's footprint is roughly 26.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

PostHog is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Recurly makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.