Dashlane vs Malwarebytes

Dashlane (Simple and secure access to all your online accounts. At work, home, and everywhere in between.) and Malwarebytes (Cyberprotection for every one.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Dashlane and Malwarebytes sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (36), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

Dashlane carries 1,223 GitHub stars across 46 public repos, with 5 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Malwarebytes shows 38 stars across 20 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Dashlane's footprint is roughly 32.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Dashlane is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Malwarebytes 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.