Continue vs Cursor

Continue (Pioneering open-source coding agent) and Cursor both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Continue (rank #189) holds a modest lead over Cursor (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 40). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Continue carries 34,981 GitHub stars across 8 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 136 external contributors on record. Cursor shows 44,397 stars across 8 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 41 external contributors.

Continue is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Cursor looks better where community 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.