Element vs Workday

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

Element (rank #189) holds a narrow lead over Workday (rank #278) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 46). The gap of 4 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 Workday. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Workday is clearly ahead of Element. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Element is ahead of Workday. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Element is clearly ahead of Workday. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Element is clearly ahead of Workday.

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. Workday shows 1,102 stars across 57 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Element's footprint is roughly 31.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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