Humaans vs Starling Bank

Humaans (A better workplace starts here) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Starling Bank (rank #625) holds a narrow lead over Humaans (rank #696) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (33 vs 31). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Humaans carries 461 GitHub stars across 9 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Humaans is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.