Duolingo vs The Washington Post

Duolingo and The Washington Post both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Duolingo (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over The Washington Post (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 37). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. The Washington Post shows 2,751 stars across 91 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Duolingo is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. The Washington Post 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.