Element vs Keeper Security

Element (Founded by the creators of Matrix, we build digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable real-time communication solutions for large organisations.) and Keeper Security (Creators of the leading privileged access management platform securing organizations against data breaches and cyber threats.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Element (rank #189) holds a narrow lead over Keeper Security (rank #278) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 46). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Element carries 34,608 GitHub stars across 137 public repos, with 33 repositories active in the last 90 days and 97 external contributors on record. Keeper Security shows 508 stars across 63 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 32 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Element's footprint is roughly 68.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Element is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Keeper Security 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.