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Semrush vs Starling Bank

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Semrush (We do love open source and have an opportunity to make it better from now.) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Semrush (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 33). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Semrush carries 454 GitHub stars across 11 public repos, with 2 repositories active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors on record. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Semrush 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricSemrushStarling Bank
Ranking
Overall rank#317#625
Pillars
Overall4433
Code4450
Education6555
Community369
Reach3563
Momentum3748
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars454195
Forks12429
Public repos113
Active repos (90d)23
External contributors70
Avg polish4858
Avg AI-readiness3214

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