Dropbox vs kununu

Dropbox and kununu (Let's make work better.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Dropbox (rank #257) holds a modest lead over kununu (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 34). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. kununu shows 132 stars across 40 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Dropbox's footprint is roughly 462.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Dropbox is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. kununu looks better where code quality 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.