Duo Security vs Proton Mail

Duo Security and Proton Mail both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Duo Security (rank #278) holds a narrow lead over Proton Mail (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 41). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Duo Security carries 1,477 GitHub stars across 52 public repos, with 15 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Proton Mail shows 16,265 stars across 186 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 20 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Proton Mail's footprint is roughly 11.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Duo Security is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Proton Mail 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.