Proton Mail vs VTEX

Proton Mail and VTEX (The Enterprise Digital Commerce Platform ⚠️ To invite someone to this Github Org. Follow: https://vai.vtex.com/access-request) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

VTEX (rank #152) holds a modest lead over Proton Mail (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 41). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. VTEX shows 1,617 stars across 266 public repos, 47 active in the last 90 days and 51 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Proton Mail's footprint is roughly 10.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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