Element vs ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company

Element (Founded by the creators of Matrix, we build digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable real-time communication solutions for large organisations.) and ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company (Open, federated file sync & share. The original Enterprise File Sync and Share. AI-contributions welcome.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Element (rank #189) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 50). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company is slightly ahead of Element. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Element is slightly ahead of ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Element is slightly ahead of ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Element is slightly ahead of ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company is clearly 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. ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company shows 18,930 stars across 178 public repos, 100 active in the last 90 days and 35 external contributors.

Element is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company looks better where momentum 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.