Magento vs Starling Bank

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

Magento (rank #209) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 33). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Magento carries 18,718 GitHub stars across 97 public repos, with 20 repositories active in the last 90 days and 32 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 Magento's footprint is roughly 96.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Magento 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.