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Continue vs Mendable AI is now Firecrawl

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Continue (Pioneering open-source coding agent) and Mendable AI is now Firecrawl (New Repo - https://github.com/firecrawl) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Continue (rank #190) holds a meaningful lead over Mendable AI is now Firecrawl (rank #763) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 29). The gap of 21 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 Mendable AI is now Firecrawl. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Mendable AI is now Firecrawl is ahead of Continue. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Continue is clearly ahead of Mendable AI is now Firecrawl. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Continue is slightly ahead of Mendable AI is now Firecrawl.

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. Mendable AI is now Firecrawl shows 0 stars across 0 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Continue is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Mendable AI is now Firecrawl 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricContinueMendable AI is now Firecrawl
Ranking
Overall rank#190#763
Pillars
Overall5029
Code510
Education7989
Community410
Reach4032
Momentum2828
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars34,9810
Forks5,1630
Public repos80
Active repos (90d)30
External contributors1360
Avg polish560
Avg AI-readiness270

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