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Duolingo vs Formspark

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Duolingo and Formspark both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Duolingo (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Formspark (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 42). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Formspark shows 67 stars across 8 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Duolingo's footprint is roughly 25.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Duolingo is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Formspark 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricDuolingoFormspark
Ranking
Overall rank#338#372
Pillars
Overall4342
Code4459
Education4768
Community3731
Reach490
Momentum3848
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,72167
Forks26793
Public repos128
Active repos (90d)88
External contributors112
Avg polish5153
Avg AI-readiness3035

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