Dropbox vs Pinterest

Dropbox and Pinterest (Pinterest's Open Source Projects) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Dropbox (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over Pinterest (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), Pinterest is clearly ahead of Dropbox. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Pinterest is slightly ahead of Dropbox. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Dropbox is ahead of Pinterest. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Dropbox is ahead of Pinterest.

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. Pinterest shows 30,737 stars across 98 public repos, 37 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors.

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