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Dropbox vs HubSpot

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

HubSpot (rank #93) holds a modest lead over Dropbox (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 47). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. HubSpot shows 53,481 stars across 381 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors.

Dropbox is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. HubSpot looks better where reach 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricDropboxHubSpot
Ranking
Overall rank#257#93
Pillars
Overall4756
Code4855
Education5152
Community4635
Reach3795
Momentum5854
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars61,04553,481
Forks8,2236,864
Public repos247381
Active repos (90d)2935
External contributors24
Avg polish5253
Avg AI-readiness3337

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