Doist vs Kanboard

Doist (Empowering people with simple yet powerful tools ✨) and Kanboard (Kanban project management software) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Doist (rank #122) holds a meaningful lead over Kanboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 33). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Kanboard shows 10,486 stars across 52 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors.

Doist is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Kanboard 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.