ReadMe vs Starling Bank

ReadMe (Interactive developer hubs that help users succeed with your APIs 🦉) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ReadMe (rank #257) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 33). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

ReadMe carries 1,824 GitHub stars across 106 public repos, with 26 repositories active in the last 90 days and 21 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 ReadMe's footprint is roughly 9.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

ReadMe 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.