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Recruitee vs Zeplin

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

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

Zeplin (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Recruitee (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 34). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Recruitee carries 411 GitHub stars across 56 public repos, with 0 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Zeplin shows 1,460 stars across 57 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zeplin's footprint is roughly 3.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Recruitee is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zeplin 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricRecruiteeZeplin
Ranking
Overall rank#602#430
Pillars
Overall3440
Code4649
Education7177
Community1228
Reach3520
Momentum2816
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars4111,460
Forks67228
Public repos5657
Active repos (90d)08
External contributors04
Avg polish3854
Avg AI-readiness3326

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