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InVision vs Starling Bank

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

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

InVision carries 1,303 GitHub stars across 114 public repos, with 0 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 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 InVision's footprint is roughly 6.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

InVision is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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

MetricInVisionStarling Bank
Ranking
Overall rank#430#625
Pillars
Overall4033
Code4650
Education8055
Community149
Reach4063
Momentum048
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,303195
Forks19329
Public repos1143
Active repos (90d)03
External contributors00
Avg polish5258
Avg AI-readiness3414

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