Orca Security vs Starling Bank

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

Orca Security (rank #568) holds a narrow lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 33). The gap of 2 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 Orca Security. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Orca Security is slightly ahead of Starling Bank. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Orca Security is clearly ahead of Starling Bank. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Starling Bank is clearly ahead of Orca Security. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Orca Security is ahead of Starling Bank.

Orca Security carries 230 GitHub stars across 35 public repos, with 17 repositories active in the last 90 days and 12 external contributors on record. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Orca Security 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.