Box vs ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company

Box (Box, Inc.) and ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company (Open, federated file sync & share. The original Enterprise File Sync and Share. AI-contributions welcome.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Box (rank #93) holds a narrow lead over ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 51). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company is slightly ahead of Box. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Box is ahead of ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Box is slightly ahead of ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Box is ahead of ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company 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. ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company shows 18,930 stars across 178 public repos, 100 active in the last 90 days and 35 external contributors.

Box is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company 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.