Box vs Evernote

Box (Box, Inc.) and Evernote both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Box (rank #93) holds a meaningful lead over Evernote (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 35). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Box carries 14,074 GitHub stars across 84 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 33 external contributors on record. Evernote shows 9,832 stars across 22 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Box is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Evernote 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.