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Proton Mail vs reddit

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

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

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

Proton Mail carries 16,265 GitHub stars across 186 public repos, with 19 repositories active in the last 90 days and 20 external contributors on record. reddit shows 4,004 stars across 174 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 16 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Proton Mail's footprint is roughly 4.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Proton Mail is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. reddit 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricProton Mailreddit
Ranking
Overall rank#401#430
Pillars
Overall4140
Code6460
Education4256
Community4639
Reach4452
Momentum5236
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars16,2654,004
Forks2,2401,160
Public repos186174
Active repos (90d)1926
External contributors2016
Avg polish7466
Avg AI-readiness3232

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