Adobe, Inc. vs Box

Adobe, Inc. (Open source from Adobe) and Box (Box, Inc.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a narrow lead over Box (rank #93) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 56). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Adobe, Inc. carries 63,154 GitHub stars across 1,108 public repos, with 91 repositories active in the last 90 days and 87 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 Adobe, Inc.'s footprint is roughly 4.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Adobe, Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Box 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.