Box vs Matomo Analytics

Box (Box, Inc.) and Matomo Analytics (Matomo is hiring 🚀 Matomo.org/jobs MISSION: « To create, as a community, the leading open analytics platform that gives every user full control of their data ») both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Box (rank #93) holds a modest lead over Matomo Analytics (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 43). 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), Box is ahead of Matomo Analytics. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Matomo Analytics is slightly ahead of Box. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Box is slightly ahead of Matomo Analytics. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Box is clearly ahead of Matomo Analytics. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Matomo Analytics is clearly 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. Matomo Analytics shows 30,600 stars across 90 public repos, 46 active in the last 90 days and 34 external contributors.

Box is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Matomo Analytics 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.