Close vs Dashlane

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and Dashlane (Simple and secure access to all your online accounts. At work, home, and everywhere in between.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Close (rank #298) holds a modest lead over Dashlane (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 36). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Close is ahead of Dashlane. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Close is slightly ahead of Dashlane. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Dashlane is clearly ahead of Close. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Close is ahead of Dashlane.

Close carries 3,871 GitHub stars across 190 public repos, with 25 repositories active in the last 90 days and 10 external contributors on record. Dashlane shows 1,223 stars across 46 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Close's footprint is roughly 3.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Dashlane 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.