Slab vs Starling Bank

Slab (Making the workplace a source of learning and purpose through knowledge-sharing. We're hiring!) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Slab (rank #455) holds a narrow lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (39 vs 33). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Slab carries 49,433 GitHub stars across 28 public repos, with 0 repositories active in the last 90 days and 8 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 Slab's footprint is roughly 253.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Slab 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.