Kanboard vs Sophos

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

Sophos (rank #510) holds a narrow lead over Kanboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (37 vs 33). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Kanboard is ahead of Sophos. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Sophos is ahead of Kanboard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Kanboard is clearly ahead of Sophos. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Sophos is slightly ahead of Kanboard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Sophos 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. Sophos shows 1,438 stars across 84 public repos, 7 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 7.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Kanboard is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Sophos looks better where momentum 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.