Box vs Mattermost

Box (Box, Inc.) and Mattermost (Mattermost is a secure collaboration platform for connecting your teams, tools and processes to accelerate mission-critical work.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Mattermost (rank #41) holds a narrow lead over Box (rank #93) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (62 vs 56). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Mattermost is ahead of Box. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Box is slightly ahead of Mattermost. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Mattermost is ahead of Box. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Mattermost 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. Mattermost shows 49,882 stars across 262 public repos, 58 active in the last 90 days and 105 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Mattermost's footprint is roughly 3.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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