Mattermost vs Palo Alto Networks

Mattermost (Mattermost is a secure collaboration platform for connecting your teams, tools and processes to accelerate mission-critical work.) and Palo Alto Networks (We ensure each day is safer and more secure than the one before.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Mattermost (rank #38) holds a narrow lead over Palo Alto Networks (rank #93) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (62 vs 56). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Mattermost carries 49,882 GitHub stars across 262 public repos, with 58 repositories active in the last 90 days and 105 external contributors on record. Palo Alto Networks shows 6,403 stars across 525 public repos, 66 active in the last 90 days and 13 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Mattermost's footprint is roughly 7.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Mattermost is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Palo Alto Networks 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.