Proton Mail vs Zapier

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

Zapier (rank #26) holds a meaningful lead over Proton Mail (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (64 vs 41). The gap of 23 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zapier is slightly ahead of Proton Mail. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zapier is clearly ahead of Proton Mail. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Proton Mail is ahead of Zapier. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zapier is ahead of Proton Mail. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zapier is slightly 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. Zapier shows 6,774 stars across 296 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors.

Proton Mail is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Zapier 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.