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Apollo.io vs Proton Mail

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

Apollo.io (Apollo's github repo. Be awed) and Proton Mail both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Proton Mail (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Apollo.io (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 34). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Apollo.io carries 73 GitHub stars across 41 public repos, with 7 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Proton Mail shows 16,265 stars across 186 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 20 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Proton Mail's footprint is roughly 222.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Apollo.io is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Proton Mail looks better where momentum 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

MetricApollo.ioProton Mail
Ranking
Overall rank#602#401
Pillars
Overall3441
Code3564
Education7442
Community1646
Reach3244
Momentum1852
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars7316,265
Forks462,240
Public repos41186
Active repos (90d)719
External contributors520
Avg polish2874
Avg AI-readiness3432

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