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Duolingo vs reddit

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

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

Duolingo (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over reddit (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 40). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. reddit shows 4,004 stars across 174 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 16 external contributors.

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

Side-by-side metrics

MetricDuolingoreddit
Ranking
Overall rank#338#430
Pillars
Overall4340
Code4460
Education4756
Community3739
Reach4952
Momentum3836
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,7214,004
Forks2671,160
Public repos12174
Active repos (90d)826
External contributors1116
Avg polish5166
Avg AI-readiness3032

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