Dropbox vs Duo Security

Dropbox and Duo Security both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Dropbox (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over Duo Security (rank #278) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 46). 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), Duo Security is ahead of Dropbox. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Duo Security is ahead of Dropbox. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Dropbox is ahead of Duo Security. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Dropbox is ahead of Duo Security.

Dropbox carries 61,045 GitHub stars across 247 public repos, with 29 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Duo Security shows 1,477 stars across 52 public repos, 15 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Dropbox's footprint is roughly 41.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Dropbox is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Duo Security looks better where education 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.