SlackAPI vs Starling Bank

SlackAPI (https://docs.slack.dev/tools) and Starling Bank both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

SlackAPI (rank #47) holds a meaningful lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (61 vs 33). The gap of 28 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

SlackAPI carries 17,894 GitHub stars across 37 public repos, with 19 repositories active in the last 90 days and 39 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 SlackAPI's footprint is roughly 91.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

SlackAPI is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. 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.