Recurly vs Yext

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

Recurly (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Yext (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 37). The gap of 7 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 Yext. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Recurly is ahead of Yext. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Recurly is ahead of Yext. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Yext is ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of Yext.

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. Yext shows 296 stars across 171 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Recurly's footprint is roughly 5.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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