Asana vs draw.io

Asana and draw.io (draw.io specialises in browser-based diagramming components and applications.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Asana and draw.io sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (43), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

Asana carries 1,843 GitHub stars across 34 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. draw.io shows 86,983 stars across 32 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but draw.io's footprint is roughly 47.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Asana is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. draw.io 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.