Open edX vs Starling Bank

Open edX (The community-driven, open-source project powering edX.org and thousands of other online education sites around the world.) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Open edX (rank #372) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (42 vs 33). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Open edX carries 10,654 GitHub stars across 186 public repos, with 100 repositories active in the last 90 days and 91 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 Open edX's footprint is roughly 54.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Open edX 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.