Jamf vs Productboard

Jamf and Productboard (Make things that matter, together. See also @productboardlabs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Jamf (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Productboard (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), Productboard is slightly ahead of Jamf. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Jamf is clearly ahead of Productboard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Jamf is clearly ahead of Productboard. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Jamf is clearly ahead of Productboard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Jamf is ahead of Productboard.

Jamf carries 7,946 GitHub stars across 114 public repos, with 20 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Productboard shows 90 stars across 87 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Jamf's footprint is roughly 88.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Jamf is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Productboard looks better where code quality 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.