Dropbox vs Mattermost

Dropbox and Mattermost (Mattermost is a secure collaboration platform for connecting your teams, tools and processes to accelerate mission-critical work.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Mattermost (rank #41) holds a modest lead over Dropbox (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (62 vs 47). The gap of 15 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Mattermost shows 49,882 stars across 262 public repos, 58 active in the last 90 days and 105 external contributors.

Dropbox is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Mattermost 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.