Pinterest vs Starling Bank

Pinterest (Pinterest's Open Source Projects) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Pinterest (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 33). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Pinterest carries 30,737 GitHub stars across 98 public repos, with 37 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 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 Pinterest's footprint is roughly 157.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Pinterest 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.