Duolingo vs UserTesting

Duolingo and UserTesting (Real. Human. Insight.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Duolingo (rank #336) holds a modest lead over UserTesting (rank #692) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 31). The gap of 12 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 UserTesting. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), UserTesting is ahead of Duolingo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Duolingo is clearly ahead of UserTesting. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Duolingo is ahead of UserTesting. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Duolingo is clearly ahead of UserTesting.

Duolingo carries 1,724 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors on record. UserTesting shows 15 stars across 119 public repos, 0 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 114.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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