Metabase vs Proton Mail

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

Metabase (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Proton Mail (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 41). The gap of 10 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 Metabase. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Metabase is clearly ahead of Proton Mail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Proton Mail is slightly ahead of Metabase. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Proton Mail is slightly ahead of Metabase. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Metabase is ahead of Proton Mail.

Metabase carries 50,225 GitHub stars across 100 public repos, with 21 repositories active in the last 90 days and 49 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 Metabase's footprint is roughly 3.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Metabase 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.