draw.io vs Starling Bank

draw.io (draw.io specialises in browser-based diagramming components and applications.) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

draw.io (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 33). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

draw.io carries 86,983 GitHub stars across 32 public repos, with 12 repositories active in the last 90 days and 13 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 draw.io's footprint is roughly 446.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

draw.io 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.