Checkout.com vs Starling Bank

Checkout.com (A collection of libraries and plugins for Checkout.com) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Checkout.com (rank #152) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 33). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Checkout.com carries 542 GitHub stars across 55 public repos, with 26 repositories active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors on record. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Checkout.com 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.