Recurly vs Stripe Samples

Recurly and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 44). 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 slightly ahead of Stripe Samples. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe Samples is ahead of Recurly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Stripe Samples is slightly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is ahead of Stripe Samples.

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. Stripe Samples shows 4,227 stars across 30 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors.

Recurly is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Stripe Samples looks better where education 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.