Qonto vs Starling Bank

Qonto and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Qonto (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 33). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Qonto carries 501 GitHub stars across 75 public repos, with 11 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.

Qonto 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.