The PrestaShop Project vs Starling Bank

The PrestaShop Project (The universal open-source software platform to build your e-commerce solution.) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

The PrestaShop Project (rank #209) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 33). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

The PrestaShop Project carries 11,935 GitHub stars across 292 public repos, with 59 repositories active in the last 90 days and 71 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 The PrestaShop Project's footprint is roughly 61.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

The PrestaShop Project 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.