Blackbird vs Duo Security

Blackbird and Duo Security both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Duo Security (rank #278) holds a modest lead over Blackbird (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 30). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Blackbird carries 16 GitHub stars across 165 public repos, with 77 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Duo Security shows 1,477 stars across 52 public repos, 15 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Duo Security's footprint is roughly 92.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Blackbird is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Duo Security looks better where code quality 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.