Recharge, Inc vs Recurly

Recharge, Inc (Our mission is to make repeat orders easier for everyone.) and Recurly both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Recurly (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Recharge, Inc (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 31). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Recurly is clearly ahead of Recharge, Inc. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Recharge, Inc is ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Recurly is clearly ahead of Recharge, Inc. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of Recharge, Inc.

Recharge, Inc carries 9 GitHub stars across 13 public repos, with 2 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Recurly shows 1,564 stars across 53 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Recurly's footprint is roughly 173.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Recharge, Inc is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Recurly looks better where code quality 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.