Duolingo vs MercadoLibre

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

Duolingo (rank #338) holds a modest lead over MercadoLibre (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), Duolingo is slightly ahead of MercadoLibre. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), MercadoLibre is clearly ahead of Duolingo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Duolingo is ahead of MercadoLibre. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Duolingo is slightly ahead of MercadoLibre. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Duolingo is clearly ahead of MercadoLibre.

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. MercadoLibre shows 1,621 stars across 101 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Duolingo is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. MercadoLibre 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.