Element vs Odoo

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

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

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. Odoo shows 59,467 stars across 43 public repos, 25 active in the last 90 days and 257 external contributors.

Element is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Odoo looks better where community 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.