Box vs Proton Mail

Box (Box, Inc.) and Proton Mail both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Box (rank #93) holds a modest lead over Proton Mail (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 41). The gap of 15 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Box is slightly ahead of Proton Mail. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Box is clearly ahead of Proton Mail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Box is slightly ahead of Proton Mail. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Box is ahead of Proton Mail. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Proton Mail 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. Proton Mail shows 16,265 stars across 186 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 20 external contributors.

Box is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Proton Mail 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.