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Box vs Zammad

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

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

Box (rank #93) holds a narrow lead over Zammad (rank #152) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 52). The gap of 4 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 Zammad. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zammad is slightly ahead of Box. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zammad is ahead of Box. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Box is clearly ahead of Zammad. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zammad 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. Zammad shows 6,394 stars across 11 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors.

Box is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zammad looks better where community 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

MetricBoxZammad
Ranking
Overall rank#93#152
Pillars
Overall5652
Code6863
Education6671
Community5170
Reach620
Momentum3139
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars14,0746,394
Forks3,7171,687
Public repos8411
Active repos (90d)189
External contributors3327
Avg polish6771
Avg AI-readiness4535

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