Recurly vs Zeplin

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

Recurly (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Zeplin (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 40). The gap of 4 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 Zeplin. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zeplin is ahead of Recurly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Recurly is slightly ahead of Zeplin. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zeplin is ahead of Recurly. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Recurly is clearly ahead of Zeplin.

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. Zeplin shows 1,460 stars across 57 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors.

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