Discord vs ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company

Discord (A new way to chat with your communities and friends. Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text.) 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.

Discord (rank #103) holds a narrow lead over ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company (rank #165) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 51). The gap of 4 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 Discord. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Discord is clearly ahead of ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Discord is slightly ahead of ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company is ahead of Discord.

Discord carries 28,570 GitHub stars across 327 public repos, with 36 repositories active in the last 90 days and 41 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.

Discord is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company looks better where code quality 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.