Recruitee vs Zammad

Recruitee and Zammad both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zammad (rank #152) holds a modest lead over Recruitee (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 34). The gap of 18 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Recruitee carries 411 GitHub stars across 56 public repos, with 0 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Zammad shows 6,394 stars across 11 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zammad's footprint is roughly 15.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Recruitee is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zammad looks better where community 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.