Duolingo vs Thomson Reuters

Duolingo and Thomson Reuters both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Duolingo (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Thomson Reuters (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 33). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Thomson Reuters shows 436 stars across 143 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Duolingo's footprint is roughly 3.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Duolingo is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Thomson Reuters 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.