Duolingo vs Narmi

Duolingo and Narmi (Narmi modernizes financial institutions and the people they serve with digital-first banking solutions and an agile open platform.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Duolingo (rank #339) holds a modest lead over Narmi (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 30). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Duolingo carries 1,724 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors on record. Narmi shows 69 stars across 10 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Duolingo's footprint is roughly 25.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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