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ReadMe vs Sage

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

ReadMe (rank #257) holds a modest lead over Sage (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 33). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Sage shows 2,180 stars across 122 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors.

ReadMe is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Sage 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricReadMeSage
Ranking
Overall rank#257#625
Pillars
Overall4733
Code7656
Education7952
Community4334
Reach2623
Momentum4812
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,8242,180
Forks451430
Public repos106122
Active repos (90d)266
External contributors2122
Avg polish7452
Avg AI-readiness4838

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