Skyscanner vs Spreedly

Skyscanner and Spreedly (Simple and secure PCI compliance and payment forwarding.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Skyscanner (rank #209) holds a modest lead over Spreedly (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 30). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Skyscanner carries 8,167 GitHub stars across 86 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 39 external contributors on record. Spreedly shows 418 stars across 67 public repos, 10 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Skyscanner's footprint is roughly 19.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Skyscanner is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Spreedly looks better where reach 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.