Recurly vs Zammad

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

Zammad (rank #152) holds a narrow lead over Recurly (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 44). The gap of 8 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 Zammad. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zammad is ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zammad is clearly ahead of Recurly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Recurly is slightly ahead of Zammad. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of Zammad.

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. Zammad shows 6,394 stars across 11 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zammad's footprint is roughly 4.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Recurly is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Zammad looks better where community 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.