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Pinterest vs Proton Mail

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Pinterest (Pinterest's Open Source Projects) and Proton Mail both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Proton Mail (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Pinterest (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 40). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Pinterest is slightly ahead of Proton Mail. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Pinterest is ahead of Proton Mail. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Proton Mail is ahead of Pinterest. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Proton Mail is ahead of Pinterest.

Pinterest carries 30,737 GitHub stars across 98 public repos, with 37 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 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.

Pinterest is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Proton Mail looks better where reach 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricPinterestProton Mail
Ranking
Overall rank#430#401
Pillars
Overall4041
Code7264
Education5542
Community4646
Reach2544
Momentum4352
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars30,73716,265
Forks4,6322,240
Public repos98186
Active repos (90d)3719
External contributors2220
Avg polish8074
Avg AI-readiness4332

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