Loom vs ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company

Loom (Async Video Messaging for Work) and ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company (Open, federated file sync & share. The original Enterprise File Sync and Share. AI-contributions welcome.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Loom (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 31). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Loom carries 50 GitHub stars across 32 public repos, with 5 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company shows 18,930 stars across 178 public repos, 100 active in the last 90 days and 35 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company's footprint is roughly 378.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Loom is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. ownCloud - a Kiteworks Company 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.