Kanboard vs Mattermost

Kanboard (Kanban project management software) and Mattermost (Mattermost is a secure collaboration platform for connecting your teams, tools and processes to accelerate mission-critical work.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Mattermost (rank #38) holds a meaningful lead over Kanboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (62 vs 33). The gap of 29 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Mattermost shows 49,882 stars across 262 public repos, 58 active in the last 90 days and 105 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Mattermost's footprint is roughly 4.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Kanboard is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Mattermost 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.