Recurly vs Sage

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

Recurly (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Sage (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 33). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Sage shows 2,180 stars across 122 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors.

Recurly is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Sage 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.