Productboard vs Zeplin

Productboard (Make things that matter, together. See also @productboardlabs) and Zeplin both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zeplin (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Productboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 33). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Productboard carries 90 GitHub stars across 87 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Zeplin shows 1,460 stars across 57 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zeplin's footprint is roughly 16.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Productboard is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Zeplin looks better where education 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.