Element vs Moodle Development

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

Element (rank #190) holds a modest lead over Moodle Development (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 34). The gap of 16 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 Moodle Development. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Element is ahead of Moodle Development. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Element is ahead of Moodle Development. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Element is clearly ahead of Moodle Development. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Element is clearly ahead of Moodle Development.

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. Moodle Development shows 7,353 stars across 15 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 25 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Element's footprint is roughly 4.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Element is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Moodle Development 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.