Orca Security vs Proton Mail

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

Proton Mail (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Orca Security (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 35). 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), Proton Mail is clearly ahead of Orca Security. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Orca Security is ahead of Proton Mail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Proton Mail is ahead of Orca Security. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Proton Mail is clearly ahead of Orca Security. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Orca Security is slightly ahead of Proton Mail.

Orca Security carries 230 GitHub stars across 35 public repos, with 17 repositories active in the last 90 days and 12 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 70.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Orca Security 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.