Dropbox Sign vs Pendo
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Dropbox Sign and Pendo both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Dropbox Sign (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Pendo (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 33). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Dropbox Sign is clearly ahead of Pendo. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Dropbox Sign is ahead of Pendo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Pendo is clearly ahead of Dropbox Sign. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Dropbox Sign is slightly ahead of Pendo. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Pendo is ahead of Dropbox Sign.
Dropbox Sign carries 434 GitHub stars across 36 public repos, with 9 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Pendo shows 267 stars across 134 public repos, 18 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors.
Dropbox Sign is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Pendo 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Dropbox Sign | Pendo |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #430 | #625 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 40 | 33 |
| Code | 61 | 27 |
| Education | 75 | 61 |
| Community | 20 | 47 |
| Reach | 31 | 23 |
| Momentum | 19 | 31 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 434 | 267 |
| Forks | 326 | 88 |
| Public repos | 36 | 134 |
| Active repos (90d) | 9 | 18 |
| External contributors | 3 | 6 |
| Avg polish | 59 | 34 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 47 | 18 |