Apollo.io vs Duolingo

Apollo.io (Apollo's github repo. Be awed) and Duolingo both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Duolingo (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Apollo.io (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 34). 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), Duolingo is ahead of Apollo.io. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Apollo.io is clearly ahead of Duolingo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Duolingo is clearly ahead of Apollo.io. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Duolingo is ahead of Apollo.io. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Duolingo is ahead of Apollo.io.

Apollo.io carries 73 GitHub stars across 41 public repos, with 7 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 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 23.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Apollo.io is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Duolingo looks better where community 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.