Formspark vs Kanboard

Formspark and Kanboard (Kanban project management software) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Formspark (rank #372) holds a modest lead over Kanboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 33). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Formspark carries 67 GitHub stars across 8 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Kanboard shows 10,486 stars across 52 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Kanboard's footprint is roughly 156.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Formspark is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Kanboard looks better where community 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.