ReadMe vs Vidyard

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

ReadMe (rank #257) holds a modest lead over Vidyard (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 31). 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 clearly ahead of Vidyard. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), ReadMe is ahead of Vidyard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), ReadMe is clearly ahead of Vidyard. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), ReadMe is ahead of Vidyard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), ReadMe is ahead of Vidyard.

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. Vidyard shows 20 stars across 29 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but ReadMe's footprint is roughly 91.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ReadMe is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Vidyard 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.