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Dashlane vs Palo Alto Networks

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Dashlane (Simple and secure access to all your online accounts. At work, home, and everywhere in between.) and Palo Alto Networks (We ensure each day is safer and more secure than the one before.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Palo Alto Networks (rank #93) holds a modest lead over Dashlane (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 36). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Palo Alto Networks is clearly ahead of Dashlane. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Palo Alto Networks is slightly ahead of Dashlane. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Palo Alto Networks is ahead of Dashlane. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Dashlane is slightly ahead of Palo Alto Networks. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Palo Alto Networks 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. Palo Alto Networks shows 6,403 stars across 525 public repos, 66 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Palo Alto Networks's footprint is roughly 5.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Dashlane is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Palo Alto Networks 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricDashlanePalo Alto Networks
Ranking
Overall rank#536#93
Pillars
Overall3656
Code4873
Education5360
Community2945
Reach4745
Momentum3878
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,2236,403
Forks2533,885
Public repos46525
Active repos (90d)566
External contributors313
Avg polish5386
Avg AI-readiness3236

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