Formspark vs Starling Bank

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

Formspark (rank #372) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 33). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Formspark carries 67 GitHub stars across 8 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Formspark 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.