Recurly vs SolarWinds

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

Recurly (rank #317) holds a modest lead over SolarWinds (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 ahead of SolarWinds. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Recurly is slightly ahead of SolarWinds. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Recurly is slightly ahead of SolarWinds. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), SolarWinds is clearly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is slightly ahead of SolarWinds.

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. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors.

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