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Dropbox vs InVision

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

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

Dropbox (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over InVision (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 40). The gap of 7 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 InVision. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), InVision is clearly ahead of Dropbox. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Dropbox is clearly ahead of InVision. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), InVision is slightly ahead of Dropbox. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Dropbox is clearly ahead of InVision.

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. InVision shows 1,303 stars across 114 public repos, 0 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 46.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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

Side-by-side metrics

MetricDropboxInVision
Ranking
Overall rank#257#430
Pillars
Overall4740
Code4846
Education5180
Community4614
Reach3740
Momentum580
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars61,0451,303
Forks8,223193
Public repos247114
Active repos (90d)290
External contributors20
Avg polish5252
Avg AI-readiness3334

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