Developer ecosystem comparison
vs

Box vs Revolut

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Box (Box, Inc.) and Revolut (Revolut Open Source) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Box (rank #93) holds a meaningful lead over Revolut (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 31). The gap of 25 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 Revolut. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Box is ahead of Revolut. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Box is clearly ahead of Revolut. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Box is clearly ahead of Revolut. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Box is ahead of Revolut.

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. Revolut shows 260 stars across 35 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Box's footprint is roughly 54.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Box is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Revolut makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricBoxRevolut
Ranking
Overall rank#93#693
Pillars
Overall5631
Code6840
Education6652
Community5126
Reach6240
Momentum3120
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars14,074260
Forks3,717142
Public repos8435
Active repos (90d)185
External contributors331
Avg polish6738
Avg AI-readiness4529

Fork ecosystems

Loading fork ecosystem…
Loading fork ecosystem…
View Box developer profileView Revolut developer profile