Dropbox vs Evernote

Dropbox and Evernote both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Dropbox (rank #257) holds a modest lead over Evernote (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 35). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Evernote shows 9,832 stars across 22 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Dropbox's footprint is roughly 6.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Dropbox is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Evernote 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.