Skyscanner vs Stripe Samples

Skyscanner and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over Skyscanner (rank #209) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 49). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Stripe Samples shows 4,227 stars across 30 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors.

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