Cursor vs litellm

Cursor and litellm both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Cursor (rank #430) holds a meaningful lead over litellm (rank #1114) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 7). The gap of 33 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. litellm shows 0 stars across 0 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Cursor is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. litellm makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.