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Docusign Inc. vs Proton Mail

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

Docusign Inc. (Join the Docusign Developer Community - https://community.docusign.com/developer-59) and Proton Mail both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Proton Mail (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Docusign Inc. (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 40). 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), Proton Mail is slightly ahead of Docusign Inc.. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Docusign Inc. is clearly ahead of Proton Mail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Proton Mail is ahead of Docusign Inc.. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Proton Mail is slightly ahead of Docusign Inc.. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Proton Mail is slightly ahead of Docusign Inc..

Docusign Inc. carries 1,533 GitHub stars across 182 public repos, with 42 repositories active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors on record. Proton Mail shows 16,265 stars across 186 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 20 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Proton Mail's footprint is roughly 10.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Docusign Inc. is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricDocusign Inc.Proton Mail
Ranking
Overall rank#430#401
Pillars
Overall4041
Code5864
Education6942
Community3046
Reach4044
Momentum4552
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,53316,265
Forks1,3572,240
Public repos182186
Active repos (90d)4219
External contributors920
Avg polish5774
Avg AI-readiness3332

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