Element vs Salesforce

Element (Founded by the creators of Matrix, we build digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable real-time communication solutions for large organisations.) and Salesforce (Noteworthy Open Source projects made available by Salesforce. Available under Open Source or Creative Commons licensing. No warranty or support implied) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Salesforce (rank #82) holds a narrow lead over Element (rank #189) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (57 vs 50). The gap of 7 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 Salesforce. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Salesforce is ahead of Element. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Salesforce is slightly ahead of Element. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Element is ahead of Salesforce. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Element is slightly ahead of Salesforce.

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. Salesforce shows 68,892 stars across 417 public repos, 75 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors.

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