Box vs Orca Security

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

Box (rank #93) holds a meaningful lead over Orca Security (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 Orca Security. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Box is ahead of Orca Security. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Box is ahead of Orca Security. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Box is clearly ahead of Orca Security. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Orca Security 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. Orca Security shows 230 stars across 35 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 12 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Box's footprint is roughly 61.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Box is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Orca Security 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.