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Revolut vs Perk

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Revolut (Revolut Open Source) and Perk (We're fixing business travel.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Perk (rank #372) holds a modest lead over Revolut (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 31). 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), Perk is slightly ahead of Revolut. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Perk is slightly ahead of Revolut. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Perk is ahead of Revolut. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Revolut is ahead of Perk. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Perk is clearly ahead of Revolut.

Revolut carries 260 GitHub stars across 35 public repos, with 5 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Perk shows 34 stars across 25 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Revolut's footprint is roughly 7.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Revolut is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Perk looks better where momentum 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricRevolutPerk
Ranking
Overall rank#693#372
Pillars
Overall3142
Code4044
Education5254
Community2638
Reach4030
Momentum2048
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars26034
Forks14211
Public repos3525
Active repos (90d)55
External contributors16
Avg polish3833
Avg AI-readiness2938

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