Duo Security vs Orca Security

Duo Security and Orca Security both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Duo Security (rank #278) holds a modest lead over Orca Security (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 35). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Orca Security shows 230 stars across 35 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 12 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Duo Security's footprint is roughly 6.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Duo Security is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Orca Security looks better where community 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.