LiveChat vs Starling Bank

LiveChat (Join LiveChat Developer Program https://platform.text.com/) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LiveChat (rank #141) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (53 vs 33). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

LiveChat carries 755 GitHub stars across 168 public repos, with 24 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 LiveChat's footprint is roughly 3.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

LiveChat 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.