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Recurly vs reddit

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

Recurly and reddit both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Recurly (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over reddit (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 40). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Recurly carries 1,564 GitHub stars across 53 public repos, with 26 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. reddit shows 4,004 stars across 174 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 16 external contributors.

Recurly is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. reddit looks better where reach 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

MetricRecurlyreddit
Ranking
Overall rank#317#430
Pillars
Overall4440
Code6860
Education5756
Community3439
Reach752
Momentum6436
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,5644,004
Forks7001,160
Public repos53174
Active repos (90d)2626
External contributors516
Avg polish7066
Avg AI-readiness3732

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