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Box vs Typeform

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

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

Box (rank #93) holds a narrow lead over Typeform (rank #189) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 50). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Typeform is slightly ahead of Box. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Box is ahead of Typeform. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Box is clearly ahead of Typeform. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Box is ahead of Typeform.

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. Typeform shows 590 stars across 40 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Box's footprint is roughly 23.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Box is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Typeform looks better where code quality 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricBoxTypeform
Ranking
Overall rank#93#189
Pillars
Overall5650
Code6871
Education6651
Community5125
Reach6243
Momentum3131
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars14,074590
Forks3,717254
Public repos8440
Active repos (90d)188
External contributors335
Avg polish6775
Avg AI-readiness4538

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