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Asana vs Starling Bank

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

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

Asana (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 33). The gap of 10 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 Asana. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Asana is ahead of Starling Bank. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Asana is ahead of Starling Bank. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Starling Bank is clearly ahead of Asana. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Starling Bank is clearly ahead of Asana.

Asana carries 1,843 GitHub stars across 34 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Asana's footprint is roughly 9.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Asana 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricAsanaStarling Bank
Ranking
Overall rank#338#625
Pillars
Overall4333
Code4950
Education7055
Community299
Reach3863
Momentum1648
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,843195
Forks59829
Public repos343
Active repos (90d)83
External contributors20
Avg polish4458
Avg AI-readiness4314

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