Starling Bank vs Vidyard

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

Starling Bank (rank #625) holds a narrow lead over Vidyard (rank #696) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (33 vs 31). 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), Starling Bank is ahead of Vidyard. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Vidyard is ahead of Starling Bank. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Vidyard is slightly ahead of Starling Bank. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Starling Bank is clearly ahead of Vidyard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Starling Bank is ahead of Vidyard.

Starling Bank carries 195 GitHub stars across 3 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Vidyard shows 20 stars across 29 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Starling Bank's footprint is roughly 9.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Starling Bank is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Vidyard looks better where education 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.