GoCardless vs Proton Mail

GoCardless and Proton Mail both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

GoCardless (rank #372) holds a narrow lead over Proton Mail (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 41). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

GoCardless carries 6,977 GitHub stars across 161 public repos, with 19 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 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.

GoCardless 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.