IFTTT vs Starling Bank

IFTTT (Automations for business and home. 1,000+ of your favorite apps, services and devices. Save time and get more done.) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

IFTTT (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 33). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

IFTTT carries 15,307 GitHub stars across 75 public repos, with 1 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. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but IFTTT's footprint is roughly 78.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

IFTTT 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.