Duo Security vs Starling Bank

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

Duo Security (rank #278) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (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 Starling Bank. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Duo Security is ahead of Starling Bank. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Duo Security is clearly ahead of Starling Bank. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Starling Bank is clearly ahead of Duo Security. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Duo Security is ahead of Starling Bank.

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. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Duo Security's footprint is roughly 7.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Duo Security is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Starling Bank 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.