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Proton Mail vs Typeform

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

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

Typeform (rank #189) holds a modest lead over Proton Mail (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 41). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Typeform shows 590 stars across 40 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Proton Mail's footprint is roughly 27.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Proton Mail is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Typeform 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 MailTypeform
Ranking
Overall rank#401#189
Pillars
Overall4150
Code6471
Education4251
Community4625
Reach4443
Momentum5231
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars16,265590
Forks2,240254
Public repos18640
Active repos (90d)198
External contributors205
Avg polish7475
Avg AI-readiness3238

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