Heap vs Malwarebytes

Heap (Product Insights) and Malwarebytes (Cyberprotection for every one.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Malwarebytes (rank #536) holds a narrow lead over Heap (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (36 vs 35). 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), Malwarebytes is ahead of Heap. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Malwarebytes is slightly ahead of Heap. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Malwarebytes is ahead of Heap. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Malwarebytes is slightly ahead of Heap. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Malwarebytes is clearly ahead of Heap.

Heap carries 215 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Malwarebytes shows 38 stars across 20 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Heap's footprint is roughly 5.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Heap is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Malwarebytes looks better where momentum 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.