Clio vs Doist

Clio and Doist (Empowering people with simple yet powerful tools ✨) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Doist (rank #122) holds a meaningful lead over Clio (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 33). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Clio carries 518 GitHub stars across 19 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Doist shows 5,576 stars across 170 public repos, 45 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Doist's footprint is roughly 10.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Clio is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Doist looks better where reach 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.