SmartRecruiters vs Zeplin

SmartRecruiters and Zeplin both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

SmartRecruiters and Zeplin sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (40), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

SmartRecruiters carries 119 GitHub stars across 25 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Zeplin shows 1,460 stars across 57 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zeplin's footprint is roughly 12.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

SmartRecruiters is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zeplin looks better where community 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.