HubSpot vs Proton Mail

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

HubSpot (rank #93) holds a modest lead over Proton Mail (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 41). The gap of 15 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 HubSpot. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), HubSpot is ahead of Proton Mail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Proton Mail is ahead of HubSpot. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), HubSpot is clearly ahead of Proton Mail. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), HubSpot is slightly ahead of Proton Mail.

HubSpot carries 53,481 GitHub stars across 381 public repos, with 35 repositories active in the last 90 days and 4 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. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but HubSpot's footprint is roughly 3.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

HubSpot is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Proton Mail 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.