Proton Mail vs Stripe Samples

Proton Mail and Stripe Samples (Sample integrations built by Stripe.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Stripe Samples (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Proton Mail (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 41). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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 Samples shows 4,227 stars across 30 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Proton Mail's footprint is roughly 3.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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