Kanboard vs Sage

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

Kanboard and Sage sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (33), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

Kanboard carries 10,509 GitHub stars across 52 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 15 external contributors on record. Sage shows 2,183 stars across 122 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Kanboard'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. Sage 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.