Recurly vs Workable

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

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

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. Workable shows 785 stars across 96 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors.

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