Doist vs Dropbox

Doist (Empowering people with simple yet powerful tools ✨) and Dropbox both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Doist (rank #122) holds a narrow lead over Dropbox (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 47). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Doist carries 5,576 GitHub stars across 170 public repos, with 45 repositories active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors on record. Dropbox shows 61,045 stars across 247 public repos, 29 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Dropbox's footprint is roughly 10.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Doist is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Dropbox 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.