Stream vs Salesforce

Stream (Build scalable in-app chat, feeds, and live video with AI moderation capabilities in hours, not weeks.) and Salesforce (Noteworthy Open Source projects made available by Salesforce. Available under Open Source or Creative Commons licensing. No warranty or support implied) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Salesforce (rank #82) holds a modest lead over Stream (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (57 vs 44). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Salesforce is ahead of Stream. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Salesforce is slightly ahead of Stream. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Salesforce is ahead of Stream. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Stream is clearly ahead of Salesforce.

Stream carries 35,664 GitHub stars across 487 public repos, with 84 repositories active in the last 90 days and 44 external contributors on record. Salesforce shows 68,892 stars across 417 public repos, 75 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors.

Stream is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Salesforce 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.