Close vs ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company

Close (The inside sales CRM of choice for SMBs) and ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company (Open, federated file sync & share. The original Enterprise File Sync and Share. AI-contributions welcome.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Close (rank #298) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 45). 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), ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company is clearly ahead of Close. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Close is ahead of ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company is ahead of Close. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company is clearly ahead of Close. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company is clearly ahead of Close.

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. ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company shows 18,930 stars across 178 public repos, 100 active in the last 90 days and 35 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company's footprint is roughly 4.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Close is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company 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.