BigCommerce vs Starling Bank

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

BigCommerce (rank #103) holds a meaningful lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 33). The gap of 22 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

BigCommerce carries 3,505 GitHub stars across 281 public repos, with 25 repositories active in the last 90 days and 51 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 BigCommerce's footprint is roughly 18.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

BigCommerce is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Starling Bank looks better where reach 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.