Doist vs draw.io

Doist (Empowering people with simple yet powerful tools ✨) and draw.io (draw.io specialises in browser-based diagramming components and applications.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Doist (rank #122) holds a modest lead over draw.io (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 43). The gap of 11 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 draw.io. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Doist is ahead of draw.io. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), draw.io is ahead of Doist. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), draw.io is slightly ahead of Doist. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Doist is ahead of draw.io.

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. draw.io shows 86,983 stars across 32 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but draw.io's footprint is roughly 15.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Doist is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. draw.io 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.