Duo Security vs Shopify

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

Shopify (rank #14) holds a meaningful lead over Duo Security (rank #278) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (67 vs 46). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Shopify shows 124,714 stars across 1,211 public repos, 75 active in the last 90 days and 87 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Shopify's footprint is roughly 84.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Duo Security is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Shopify 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.