pCloud Open Source vs Zoom

pCloud Open Source and Zoom (Power Up Your Apps with Video, Phone, and Chat) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zoom (rank #122) holds a meaningful lead over pCloud Open Source (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 32). The gap of 22 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

pCloud Open Source carries 867 GitHub stars across 16 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Zoom shows 3,380 stars across 159 public repos, 62 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zoom's footprint is roughly 3.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

pCloud Open Source is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Zoom 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.