Discourse vs Duo Security

Discourse (The 100% open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.) and Duo Security both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Discourse (rank #189) holds a narrow lead over Duo Security (rank #278) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 46). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Discourse carries 55,678 GitHub stars across 620 public repos, with 90 repositories active in the last 90 days and 44 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 Discourse's footprint is roughly 37.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Discourse is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Duo Security looks better where education 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.