Element vs Userlike

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

Element (rank #189) holds a modest lead over Userlike (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 35). The gap of 15 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 Userlike. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Userlike is clearly ahead of Element. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Element is clearly ahead of Userlike. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Element is clearly ahead of Userlike. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Element is clearly ahead of Userlike.

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. Userlike shows 38 stars across 14 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Element's footprint is roughly 910.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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