Rippling vs Stripe Samples

Rippling (We make it unbelievably easy to manage your team's payroll, benefits, computers, and apps.) and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Rippling (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 39). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of Rippling. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of Rippling. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe Samples is ahead of Rippling. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Rippling is clearly ahead of Stripe Samples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of Rippling.

Rippling carries 156 GitHub stars across 11 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors on record. Stripe Samples shows 4,227 stars across 30 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stripe Samples's footprint is roughly 27.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Rippling is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Stripe Samples 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.