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Recurly vs Softr

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

Recurly and Softr (Softr Platforms GmbH) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Recurly (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Softr (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 39). The gap of 5 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 Softr. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Softr is ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Recurly is slightly ahead of Softr. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Softr is clearly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of Softr.

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. Softr shows 1 stars across 2 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 12 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Recurly's footprint is roughly 1564.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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

MetricRecurlySoftr
Ranking
Overall rank#317#455
Pillars
Overall4439
Code6827
Education5766
Community3433
Reach740
Momentum6424
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,5641
Forks7002
Public repos532
Active repos (90d)261
External contributors512
Avg polish7035
Avg AI-readiness3710

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