BookStackApp vs Doist

BookStackApp and Doist (Empowering people with simple yet powerful tools ✨) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Doist (rank #122) holds a modest lead over BookStackApp (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 41). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

BookStackApp carries 19,167 GitHub stars across 6 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Doist shows 5,576 stars across 170 public repos, 45 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but BookStackApp's footprint is roughly 3.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

BookStackApp is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Doist looks better where education 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.