Dropbox vs Okta, Inc

Dropbox and Okta, Inc both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Okta, Inc (rank #73) holds a modest lead over Dropbox (rank #257) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (58 vs 47). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Okta, Inc shows 6,250 stars across 88 public repos, 44 active in the last 90 days and 52 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Dropbox's footprint is roughly 9.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Dropbox is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Okta, Inc 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.