Doist vs Zeplin

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

Doist (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Zeplin (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 40). The gap of 14 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 Zeplin. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Doist is slightly ahead of Zeplin. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Doist is slightly ahead of Zeplin. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Doist is ahead of Zeplin. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Doist is clearly ahead of Zeplin.

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. Zeplin shows 1,460 stars across 57 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Doist's footprint is roughly 3.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Doist is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Zeplin makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.