Stripe Samples vs Zendesk

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

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a narrow lead over Zendesk (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 51). The gap of 2 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 Zendesk. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Stripe Samples is clearly ahead of Zendesk. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Stripe Samples is slightly ahead of Zendesk. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zendesk is clearly ahead of Stripe Samples. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zendesk is slightly ahead of Stripe Samples.

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. Zendesk shows 12,427 stars across 891 public repos, 87 active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors.

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