Developer ecosystem comparison
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Element
@element-hq
Rank #189
Score 50
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Founded by the creators of Matrix, we build digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable real-time communication solutions for large organisations.

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Element vs Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Element (Founded by the creators of Matrix, we build digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable real-time communication solutions for large organisations.) and Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools (Making DevRel efforts compare and measurable) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Element (rank #189) holds a modest lead over Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 41). The gap of 9 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 Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Element is ahead of Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Element is clearly ahead of Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Element is slightly ahead of Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Element is ahead of Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools.

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. Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools shows 1 stars across 4 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Element's footprint is roughly 34608.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Element is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricElementSmoower - Mindshare index and developer tools
Ranking
Overall rank#189#401
Pillars
Overall5041
Code7442
Education5846
Community5120
Reach5044
Momentum6048
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars34,6081
Forks7,5590
Public repos1374
Active repos (90d)334
External contributors971
Avg polish7551
Avg AI-readiness5028

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