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Duolingo vs Softr

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

Duolingo and Softr (Softr Platforms GmbH) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Duolingo (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Softr (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 39). 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), Duolingo is ahead of Softr. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Softr is ahead of Duolingo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Duolingo is slightly ahead of Softr. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Duolingo is ahead of Softr. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Duolingo is ahead of Softr.

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. Softr shows 1 stars across 2 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 12 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Duolingo's footprint is roughly 1721.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Duolingo is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Softr 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

MetricDuolingoSoftr
Ranking
Overall rank#338#455
Pillars
Overall4339
Code4427
Education4766
Community3733
Reach4940
Momentum3824
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,7211
Forks2672
Public repos122
Active repos (90d)81
External contributors1112
Avg polish5135
Avg AI-readiness3010

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