Sage vs Userlike

Sage and Userlike both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Userlike (rank #569) holds a narrow lead over Sage (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 33). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Sage is ahead of Userlike. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Userlike is clearly ahead of Sage. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Sage is clearly ahead of Userlike. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Sage is slightly ahead of Userlike.

Sage carries 2,180 GitHub stars across 122 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 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 Sage's footprint is roughly 57.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Sage is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. 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.