Recurly vs Vidyard

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

Recurly (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Vidyard (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 31). The gap of 13 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 Vidyard. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Vidyard is ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Recurly is clearly ahead of Vidyard. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Vidyard is slightly ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of Vidyard.

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. Vidyard shows 20 stars across 29 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Recurly's footprint is roughly 78.2x 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. Vidyard 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.