Stripe Samples vs Yext

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

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Yext (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 37). The gap of 16 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 Yext. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of Yext. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of Yext. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Yext is ahead of Stripe Samples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of Yext.

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. Yext shows 296 stars across 171 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Stripe Samples's footprint is roughly 14.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Stripe Samples is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Yext 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.