Developer ecosystem comparison
vs

Kanboard vs Klarna

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Kanboard (Kanban project management software) and Klarna both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Klarna (rank #257) holds a modest lead over Kanboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 33). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Kanboard carries 10,486 GitHub stars across 52 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors on record. Klarna shows 2,965 stars across 139 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 Kanboard's footprint is roughly 3.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Kanboard is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Klarna looks better where reach 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

MetricKanboardKlarna
Ranking
Overall rank#625#257
Pillars
Overall3347
Code5257
Education5776
Community6431
Reach864
Momentum2116
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars10,4862,965
Forks2,719737
Public repos52139
Active repos (90d)48
External contributors132
Avg polish5953
Avg AI-readiness2338

Fork ecosystems

Loading fork ecosystem…
Loading fork ecosystem…
View Kanboard developer profileView Klarna developer profile