Kanboard vs Semrush

Kanboard (Kanban project management software) and Semrush (We do love open source and have an opportunity to make it better from now.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Semrush (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Kanboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 33). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Kanboard is slightly ahead of Semrush. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Semrush is slightly ahead of Kanboard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Kanboard is clearly ahead of Semrush. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Semrush is clearly ahead of Kanboard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Semrush is 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. Semrush shows 454 stars across 11 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Kanboard's footprint is roughly 23.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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