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Canvas-LMS vs Proton Mail

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

Canvas-LMS and Proton Mail both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Proton Mail (rank #400) holds a modest lead over Canvas-LMS (rank #726) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 30). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Proton Mail is clearly ahead of Canvas-LMS. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Canvas-LMS is ahead of Proton Mail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Proton Mail is clearly ahead of Canvas-LMS. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Proton Mail is clearly ahead of Canvas-LMS. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Proton Mail is clearly ahead of Canvas-LMS.

Canvas-LMS carries 1 GitHub stars across 1 public repos, with 0 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Proton Mail shows 16,297 stars across 186 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 19 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Proton Mail's footprint is roughly 16297.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Canvas-LMS 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricCanvas-LMSProton Mail
Ranking
Overall rank#726#400
Pillars
Overall3041
Code4264
Education6042
Community345
Reach2344
Momentum052
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars116,297
Forks02,242
Public repos1186
Active repos (90d)019
External contributors019
Avg polish3074
Avg AI-readiness1532

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