Recurly vs Userlike

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

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

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. Userlike shows 38 stars across 14 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Recurly's footprint is roughly 41.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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