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Duolingo vs Onfido

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

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

Duolingo (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Onfido (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 41). The gap of 2 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 Onfido. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Onfido is clearly ahead of Duolingo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Duolingo is ahead of Onfido. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Duolingo is ahead of Onfido. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Duolingo is ahead of Onfido.

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. Onfido shows 1,268 stars across 85 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

Duolingo is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Onfido 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

MetricDuolingoOnfido
Ranking
Overall rank#338#401
Pillars
Overall4341
Code4442
Education4771
Community3723
Reach4935
Momentum3827
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,7211,268
Forks267777
Public repos1285
Active repos (90d)814
External contributors113
Avg polish5148
Avg AI-readiness3031

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