Proton Mail vs Stripe

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

Stripe (rank #1) holds a meaningful lead over Proton Mail (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (76 vs 41). The gap of 35 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Stripe shows 44,536 stars across 97 public repos, 64 active in the last 90 days and 120 external contributors.

Proton Mail is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Stripe 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.