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Proton Mail vs Softr

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

Proton Mail and Softr (Softr Platforms GmbH) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Proton Mail (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Softr (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 39). The gap of 2 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 Softr. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Softr is clearly ahead of Proton Mail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Proton Mail is ahead of Softr. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Proton Mail is slightly ahead of Softr. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Proton Mail is clearly ahead of Softr.

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. Softr shows 1 stars across 2 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 12 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Proton Mail's footprint is roughly 16265.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Proton Mail is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Softr 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 MailSoftr
Ranking
Overall rank#401#455
Pillars
Overall4139
Code6427
Education4266
Community4633
Reach4440
Momentum5224
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars16,2651
Forks2,2402
Public repos1862
Active repos (90d)191
External contributors2012
Avg polish7435
Avg AI-readiness3210

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