Box vs Kanboard

Box (Box, Inc.) and Kanboard (Kanban project management software) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Box (rank #93) holds a meaningful lead over Kanboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 33). The gap of 23 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 Kanboard. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Box is ahead of Kanboard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Kanboard is ahead of Box. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Box is clearly ahead of Kanboard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Box is ahead of Kanboard.

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. Kanboard shows 10,486 stars across 52 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors.

Box is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Kanboard 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.