Discourse vs ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company

Discourse (The 100% open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.) 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 Discourse (rank #189) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 50). The gap of 1 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 ahead of Discourse. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Discourse is slightly ahead of ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company is slightly ahead of Discourse. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company is ahead of Discourse. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company is slightly ahead of Discourse.

Discourse carries 55,678 GitHub stars across 620 public repos, with 90 repositories active in the last 90 days and 44 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.

Discourse 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.