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Hashnode vs Starling Bank
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Hashnode (Everything you need to start blogging as a developer!) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Hashnode 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), Hashnode is slightly ahead of Starling Bank. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Starling Bank is slightly ahead of Hashnode. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Hashnode is clearly ahead of Starling Bank. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Starling Bank is clearly ahead of Hashnode. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Starling Bank is clearly ahead of Hashnode.
Hashnode carries 6,860 GitHub stars across 26 public repos, with 3 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. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Hashnode's footprint is roughly 35.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
Hashnode is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Starling Bank looks better where momentum 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Hashnode | Starling Bank |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #625 | #625 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 33 | 33 |
| Code | 51 | 50 |
| Education | 49 | 55 |
| Community | 39 | 9 |
| Reach | 32 | 63 |
| Momentum | 6 | 48 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 6,860 | 195 |
| Forks | 2,389 | 29 |
| Public repos | 26 | 3 |
| Active repos (90d) | 3 | 3 |
| External contributors | 3 | 0 |
| Avg polish | 56 | 58 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 26 | 14 |