draw.io vs monday.com

draw.io (draw.io specialises in browser-based diagramming components and applications.) and monday.com (Developer resources and open-source software projects made available by monday.com) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

monday.com (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over draw.io (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 43). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. monday.com shows 1,854 stars across 46 public repos, 16 active in the last 90 days and 20 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but draw.io's footprint is roughly 46.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

draw.io is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. monday.com 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.