Cursor vs Firecrawl

Cursor and Firecrawl (Web data API for AI) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Firecrawl (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Cursor (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 40). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Cursor carries 44,397 GitHub stars across 8 public repos, with 5 repositories active in the last 90 days and 41 external contributors on record. Firecrawl shows 199,181 stars across 101 public repos, 28 active in the last 90 days and 130 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Firecrawl's footprint is roughly 4.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Cursor is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. 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.