Razorpay vs ReadMe

Razorpay and ReadMe (Interactive developer hubs that help users succeed with your APIs 🦉) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Razorpay (rank #31) holds a modest lead over ReadMe (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 47). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Razorpay carries 3,812 GitHub stars across 177 public repos, with 38 repositories active in the last 90 days and 33 external contributors on record. ReadMe shows 1,824 stars across 106 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors.

Razorpay is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. ReadMe 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.