Expensify, Inc vs Starling Bank

Expensify, Inc and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Expensify, Inc (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 33). The gap of 18 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Expensify, Inc carries 9,942 GitHub stars across 66 public repos, with 18 repositories active in the last 90 days and 141 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 Expensify, Inc's footprint is roughly 51.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Expensify, Inc 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.