parcelLab vs Starling Bank

parcelLab (Take full control of your post-checkout customer experience.) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

parcelLab (rank #278) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 33). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

parcelLab carries 20 GitHub stars across 20 public repos, with 10 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. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Starling Bank's footprint is roughly 9.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

parcelLab is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. 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.