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Recurly vs segment

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

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

Recurly (rank #317) holds a modest lead over segment (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 35). The gap of 9 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 segment. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), segment is slightly ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Recurly is clearly ahead of segment. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), segment is clearly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of segment.

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. segment shows 0 stars across 0 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Recurly is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. segment 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

MetricRecurlysegment
Ranking
Overall rank#317#569
Pillars
Overall4435
Code680
Education5760
Community3411
Reach757
Momentum640
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,5640
Forks7000
Public repos530
Active repos (90d)260
External contributors50
Avg polish700
Avg AI-readiness370

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