Stripe Samples vs Unsplash

Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) and Unsplash (Building the internet's open library of freely usable visuals. Join us 👫) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Unsplash (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 43). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Stripe Samples carries 4,227 GitHub stars across 30 public repos, with 23 repositories active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors on record. Unsplash shows 9,930 stars across 63 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

Stripe Samples is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Unsplash 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.