Duolingo vs ReadMe

Duolingo and ReadMe (Interactive developer hubs that help users succeed with your APIs 🦉) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ReadMe (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over Duolingo (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 43). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. ReadMe shows 1,824 stars across 106 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors.

Duolingo is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. ReadMe looks better where code quality 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.