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Rank #190
Score 50
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Founded by the creators of Matrix, we build digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable real-time communication solutions for large organisations.

apaleo vs Element

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

apaleo 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 #190) holds a modest lead over apaleo (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 39). 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), Element is clearly ahead of apaleo. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), apaleo is clearly ahead of Element. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Element is clearly ahead of apaleo. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Element is clearly ahead of apaleo. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Element is clearly ahead of apaleo.

apaleo carries 8 GitHub stars across 5 public repos, with 2 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 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 4326.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

apaleo is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Element 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

MetricapaleoElement
Ranking
Overall rank#455#190
Pillars
Overall3950
Code4074
Education8558
Community1151
Reach2350
Momentum2460
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars834,608
Forks47,559
Public repos5137
Active repos (90d)233
External contributors197
Avg polish3975
Avg AI-readiness3250

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