Box vs Pinterest

Box (Box, Inc.) and Pinterest (Pinterest's Open Source Projects) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Box (rank #93) holds a modest lead over Pinterest (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 40). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Pinterest is slightly ahead of Box. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Box is ahead of Pinterest. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Box is slightly ahead of Pinterest. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Box is clearly ahead of Pinterest. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Pinterest is 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. Pinterest shows 30,737 stars across 98 public repos, 37 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors.

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