Dropbox vs Revolut

Dropbox and Revolut (Revolut Open Source) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Dropbox (rank #257) holds a modest lead over Revolut (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 31). The gap of 16 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 Revolut. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Revolut is slightly ahead of Dropbox. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Dropbox is ahead of Revolut. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Revolut is slightly ahead of Dropbox. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Dropbox is clearly ahead of Revolut.

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. Revolut shows 260 stars across 35 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Dropbox's footprint is roughly 234.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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