Doist vs Duolingo

Doist (Empowering people with simple yet powerful tools ✨) and Duolingo both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Doist (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Duolingo (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 43). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Doist carries 5,576 GitHub stars across 170 public repos, with 45 repositories active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors on record. Duolingo shows 1,721 stars across 12 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Doist's footprint is roughly 3.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Doist is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Duolingo 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.