reddit vs Starling Bank

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

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

reddit carries 4,004 GitHub stars across 174 public repos, with 26 repositories active in the last 90 days and 16 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 reddit's footprint is roughly 20.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

reddit is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Starling Bank looks better where momentum 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.