ReadMe vs Recurly

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

ReadMe (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 44). The gap of 3 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 Recurly. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), ReadMe is clearly ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), ReadMe is ahead of Recurly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), ReadMe is ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is ahead of ReadMe.

ReadMe carries 1,824 GitHub stars across 106 public repos, with 26 repositories active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

ReadMe is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Recurly looks better where momentum 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.