Developer ecosystem comparison
vs
EL
Element
@element-hq
Rank #189
Score 50
SaaS

Founded by the creators of Matrix, we build digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable real-time communication solutions for large organisations.

A/B Smartly vs Element

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

A/B Smartly (A/B Smartly - Your A/B Testing Platform) and Element (Founded by the creators of Matrix, we build digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable real-time communication solutions for large organisations.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Element (rank #189) holds a modest lead over A/B Smartly (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 37). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

A/B Smartly carries 39 GitHub stars across 40 public repos, with 28 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Element shows 34,608 stars across 137 public repos, 33 active in the last 90 days and 97 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Element's footprint is roughly 887.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

A/B Smartly is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Element 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

MetricA/B SmartlyElement
Ranking
Overall rank#510#189
Pillars
Overall3750
Code4974
Education7558
Community2251
Reach1250
Momentum3760
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars3934,608
Forks267,559
Public repos40137
Active repos (90d)2833
External contributors597
Avg polish4175
Avg AI-readiness4250

Fork ecosystems

Loading fork ecosystem…
Loading fork ecosystem…
View A/B Smartly developer profileView Element developer profile