Front vs Starling Bank

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

Front and Starling Bank sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (33), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

Front carries 103 GitHub stars across 122 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Front 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.