Duolingo vs Qonto

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

Duolingo and Qonto sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (43), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

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. Qonto shows 501 stars across 75 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Duolingo's footprint is roughly 3.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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