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Affinity vs Duolingo

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

Affinity and Duolingo both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Duolingo (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Affinity (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 36). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Affinity carries 4 GitHub stars across 40 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Duolingo shows 1,721 stars across 12 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Duolingo's footprint is roughly 430.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Affinity is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Duolingo looks better where momentum 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

MetricAffinityDuolingo
Ranking
Overall rank#536#338
Pillars
Overall3643
Code4144
Education4247
Community1137
Reach6349
Momentum238
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars41,721
Forks1267
Public repos4012
Active repos (90d)18
External contributors211
Avg polish2651
Avg AI-readiness4430

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