Element vs Mailchimp

Element (Founded by the creators of Matrix, we build digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable real-time communication solutions for large organisations.) and Mailchimp (Mailchimp is an all-in-one marketing platform that helps you manage and talk to your clients, customers, and other interested parties.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Element (rank #189) holds a narrow lead over Mailchimp (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 44). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Mailchimp shows 8,980 stars across 28 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Element's footprint is roughly 3.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Element is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Mailchimp makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.