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Userlike vs Zapier

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Userlike and Zapier both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zapier (rank #27) holds a meaningful lead over Userlike (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 35). The gap of 29 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Userlike carries 38 GitHub stars across 14 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Zapier shows 6,774 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zapier's footprint is roughly 178.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Userlike is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Zapier 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricUserlikeZapier
Ranking
Overall rank#569#27
Pillars
Overall3564
Code4368
Education8573
Community1237
Reach2063
Momentum1254
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars386,774
Forks51,358
Public repos14296
Active repos (90d)313
External contributors322
Avg polish3679
Avg AI-readiness3543

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