Palo Alto Networks vs Starling Bank

Palo Alto Networks (We ensure each day is safer and more secure than the one before.) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Palo Alto Networks (rank #93) holds a meaningful lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 33). The gap of 23 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Palo Alto Networks carries 6,403 GitHub stars across 525 public repos, with 66 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 Palo Alto Networks's footprint is roughly 32.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Palo Alto Networks 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.