Kanboard vs Proton Mail

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

Proton Mail (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Kanboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 33). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Proton Mail is ahead of Kanboard. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Kanboard is ahead of Proton Mail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Kanboard is ahead of Proton Mail. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Proton Mail is clearly ahead of Kanboard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Proton Mail 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. Proton Mail shows 16,265 stars across 186 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 20 external contributors.

Kanboard is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Proton Mail 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.