SolarWinds vs Starling Bank

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

SolarWinds (rank #569) holds a narrow lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 33). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

SolarWinds carries 1,101 GitHub stars across 104 public repos, with 35 repositories active in the last 90 days and 18 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 SolarWinds's footprint is roughly 5.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

SolarWinds 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.