Persona vs Starling Bank

Persona (Configurable identity infrastructure for KYC, AML, KYB, fraud detection, onboarding, and more) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Starling Bank (rank #625) holds a narrow lead over Persona (rank #696) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (33 vs 31). 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 Persona. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Persona is clearly ahead of Starling Bank. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Persona is ahead of Starling Bank. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Starling Bank is clearly ahead of Persona. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Persona is slightly ahead of Starling Bank.

Persona carries 101 GitHub stars across 94 public repos, with 29 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Persona is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.