Dashlane vs Starling Bank

Dashlane (Simple and secure access to all your online accounts. At work, home, and everywhere in between.) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Dashlane (rank #536) holds a narrow lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (36 vs 33). The gap of 3 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 Dashlane. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Starling Bank is slightly ahead of Dashlane. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Dashlane is ahead of Starling Bank. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Starling Bank is ahead of Dashlane. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Starling Bank is ahead of Dashlane.

Dashlane carries 1,223 GitHub stars across 46 public repos, with 5 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 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 Dashlane's footprint is roughly 6.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Dashlane 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.