Element vs Typeform

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

Element and Typeform sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (50), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

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. Typeform shows 590 stars across 40 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Element's footprint is roughly 58.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Element is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Typeform 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.