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Box vs Formspark

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

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

Box (rank #93) holds a modest lead over Formspark (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 42). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Formspark shows 67 stars across 8 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Box's footprint is roughly 210.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Box is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Formspark 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

MetricBoxFormspark
Ranking
Overall rank#93#372
Pillars
Overall5642
Code6859
Education6668
Community5131
Reach620
Momentum3148
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars14,07467
Forks3,71793
Public repos848
Active repos (90d)188
External contributors332
Avg polish6753
Avg AI-readiness4535

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