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Kandji vs Proton Mail

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Kandji and Proton Mail both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Proton Mail (rank #401) holds a modest lead over Kandji (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 30). 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), Proton Mail is ahead of Kandji. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Kandji is slightly ahead of Proton Mail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Proton Mail is ahead of Kandji. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Proton Mail is ahead of Kandji. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Proton Mail is slightly ahead of Kandji.

Kandji carries 387 GitHub stars across 7 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 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. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Proton Mail's footprint is roughly 42.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Kandji is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Proton Mail looks better where code quality 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricKandjiProton Mail
Ranking
Overall rank#728#401
Pillars
Overall3041
Code4464
Education4442
Community2646
Reach3044
Momentum4852
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars38716,265
Forks562,240
Public repos7186
Active repos (90d)619
External contributors320
Avg polish4674
Avg AI-readiness2932

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