Coursera vs Proton Mail

Coursera and Proton Mail both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Proton Mail (rank #401) holds a modest lead over Coursera (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 Coursera. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Proton Mail is slightly ahead of Coursera. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Proton Mail is clearly ahead of Coursera. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Proton Mail is slightly ahead of Coursera. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Proton Mail is clearly ahead of Coursera.

Coursera carries 1,367 GitHub stars across 81 public repos, with 1 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 11.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Coursera is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Proton Mail 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.