Duo Security vs Meltwater

Duo Security and Meltwater (We harness the world’s data in real time to unlock our customer’s competitive edge.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Duo Security (rank #278) holds a modest lead over Meltwater (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 33). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Duo Security carries 1,477 GitHub stars across 52 public repos, with 15 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Meltwater shows 196 stars across 22 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Duo Security's footprint is roughly 7.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Duo Security is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Meltwater looks better where reach 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.