Duolingo vs Elastic Path Software

Duolingo and Elastic Path Software both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Duolingo (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Elastic Path Software (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 31). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Duolingo carries 1,721 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors on record. Elastic Path Software shows 234 stars across 39 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Duolingo's footprint is roughly 7.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Duolingo is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Elastic Path Software looks better where code quality 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.