Box vs Semrush

Box (Box, Inc.) and Semrush (We do love open source and have an opportunity to make it better from now.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Box (rank #93) holds a modest lead over Semrush (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 44). The gap of 12 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 Semrush. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Box is slightly ahead of Semrush. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Box is ahead of Semrush. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Box is clearly ahead of Semrush. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Semrush is slightly 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. Semrush shows 454 stars across 11 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Box's footprint is roughly 31.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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