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Expensify, Inc vs Proton Mail

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

Expensify, Inc and Proton Mail both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Expensify, Inc (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Proton Mail (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 41). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Expensify, Inc carries 9,942 GitHub stars across 66 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 141 external contributors on record. Proton Mail shows 16,265 stars across 186 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 20 external contributors.

Expensify, Inc is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Proton Mail looks better where reach 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

MetricExpensify, IncProton Mail
Ranking
Overall rank#165#401
Pillars
Overall5141
Code5764
Education6342
Community4446
Reach1844
Momentum5952
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars9,94216,265
Forks5,1112,240
Public repos66186
Active repos (90d)1819
External contributors14120
Avg polish5374
Avg AI-readiness4232

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