Element vs Mattermost

Element (Founded by the creators of Matrix, we build digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable real-time communication solutions for large organisations.) and Mattermost (Mattermost is a secure collaboration platform for connecting your teams, tools and processes to accelerate mission-critical work.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Mattermost (rank #40) holds a modest lead over Element (rank #190) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (62 vs 50). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Mattermost shows 49,882 stars across 262 public repos, 58 active in the last 90 days and 105 external contributors.

Element is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Mattermost 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.