Remote vs Userlike

Remote (Remote helps with international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance for businesses big and small!) and Userlike both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Remote (rank #278) holds a modest lead over Userlike (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 35). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Remote is slightly ahead of Userlike. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Userlike is slightly ahead of Remote. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Remote is clearly ahead of Userlike. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Remote is clearly ahead of Userlike.

Remote carries 811 GitHub stars across 51 public repos, with 17 repositories active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors on record. Userlike shows 38 stars across 14 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Remote's footprint is roughly 21.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Remote is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Userlike 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.