Element vs Pinterest

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

Element (rank #189) holds a modest lead over Pinterest (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 40). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Pinterest shows 30,737 stars across 98 public repos, 37 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors.

Element is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Pinterest 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.