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 Teamwork.com

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 Teamwork.com (World-class products that work together to streamline your business. We're hiring!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Element (rank #189) holds a narrow lead over Teamwork.com (rank #237) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 48). The gap of 2 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 Teamwork.com. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Teamwork.com is slightly ahead of Element. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Element is ahead of Teamwork.com. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Element is slightly ahead of Teamwork.com. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Element is clearly ahead of Teamwork.com.

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. Teamwork.com shows 2,108 stars across 123 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Element's footprint is roughly 16.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Element is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Teamwork.com 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricElementTeamwork.com
Ranking
Overall rank#189#237
Pillars
Overall5048
Code7458
Education5859
Community5137
Reach5047
Momentum6027
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars34,6082,108
Forks7,559384
Public repos137123
Active repos (90d)3314
External contributors9713
Avg polish7562
Avg AI-readiness5038

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