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Duolingo vs Userlike

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

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

Duolingo (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Userlike (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 35). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Userlike shows 38 stars across 14 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Duolingo's footprint is roughly 45.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Duolingo is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Userlike 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

MetricDuolingoUserlike
Ranking
Overall rank#338#569
Pillars
Overall4335
Code4443
Education4785
Community3712
Reach4920
Momentum3812
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,72138
Forks2675
Public repos1214
Active repos (90d)83
External contributors113
Avg polish5136
Avg AI-readiness3035

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