Developer ecosystem comparison
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Element
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Rank #189
Score 50
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Founded by the creators of Matrix, we build digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable real-time communication solutions for large organisations.

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Element vs Miro

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Element (Founded by the creators of Matrix, we build digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable real-time communication solutions for large organisations.) and Miro (Visual workspace for innovation) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Element (rank #189) holds a modest lead over Miro (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 38). 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), Element is ahead of Miro. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Miro is clearly ahead of Element. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Element is ahead of Miro. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Element is clearly ahead of Miro. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Element is clearly ahead of Miro.

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. Miro shows 843 stars across 45 public repos, 4 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 41.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Element is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Miro 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricElementMiro
Ranking
Overall rank#189#485
Pillars
Overall5038
Code7458
Education5886
Community5132
Reach500
Momentum608
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars34,608843
Forks7,559380
Public repos13745
Active repos (90d)334
External contributors976
Avg polish7565
Avg AI-readiness5032

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