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adobe-commerce vs Box

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

adobe-commerce and Box (Box, Inc.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Box (rank #93) holds a meaningful lead over adobe-commerce (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 32). The gap of 24 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

adobe-commerce carries 39 GitHub stars across 21 public repos, with 9 repositories active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors on record. Box shows 14,074 stars across 84 public repos, 18 active in the last 90 days and 33 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Box's footprint is roughly 360.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

adobe-commerce is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Box looks better where community 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

Metricadobe-commerceBox
Ranking
Overall rank#662#93
Pillars
Overall3256
Code5168
Education4466
Community2851
Reach4062
Momentum2131
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars3914,074
Forks313,717
Public repos2184
Active repos (90d)918
External contributors433
Avg polish4767
Avg AI-readiness4745

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