Duolingo vs Patreon

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

Duolingo (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Patreon (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 36). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Patreon shows 846 stars across 62 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

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