Adobe, Inc. vs Element

Adobe, Inc. (Open source from Adobe) 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.

Adobe, Inc. (rank #47) holds a modest lead over Element (rank #189) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 50). The gap of 11 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 Element. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Adobe, Inc. is slightly ahead of Element. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Adobe, Inc. is slightly ahead of Element. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Element is ahead of Adobe, Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Adobe, Inc. is slightly ahead of Element.

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. Element shows 34,608 stars across 137 public repos, 33 active in the last 90 days and 97 external contributors.

Adobe, Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. 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.