Kanboard vs Yoast

Kanboard (Kanban project management software) and Yoast (This is where the Yoast.com team shares its public code: from our WordPress plugins to other small projects.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Yoast (rank #209) holds a modest lead over Kanboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 33). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Yoast is ahead of Kanboard. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Yoast is ahead of Kanboard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Kanboard is clearly ahead of Yoast. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Yoast is ahead of Kanboard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Yoast 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. Yoast shows 3,439 stars across 78 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Kanboard's footprint is roughly 3.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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