Razorpay vs Slab

Razorpay and Slab (Making the workplace a source of learning and purpose through knowledge-sharing. We're hiring!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Razorpay (rank #30) holds a meaningful lead over Slab (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 39). The gap of 24 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Razorpay carries 3,811 GitHub stars across 177 public repos, with 38 repositories active in the last 90 days and 32 external contributors on record. Slab shows 49,433 stars across 28 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Slab's footprint is roughly 13.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Razorpay is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Slab 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.