Afterpay vs Starling Bank

Afterpay and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Starling Bank (rank #625) holds a narrow lead over Afterpay (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (33 vs 30). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Afterpay carries 99 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors on record. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Afterpay is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Starling Bank 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.