draw.io vs Meltwater

draw.io (draw.io specialises in browser-based diagramming components and applications.) and Meltwater (We harness the world’s data in real time to unlock our customer’s competitive edge.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

draw.io (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Meltwater (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 33). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

draw.io carries 86,983 GitHub stars across 32 public repos, with 12 repositories active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors on record. Meltwater shows 196 stars across 22 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but draw.io's footprint is roughly 443.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

draw.io is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Meltwater 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.