Cursor vs LiveKit

Cursor and LiveKit (Open source WebRTC and realtime AI infrastructure) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LiveKit (rank #63) holds a modest lead over Cursor (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (59 vs 40). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), LiveKit is clearly ahead of Cursor. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), LiveKit is clearly ahead of Cursor. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Cursor is slightly ahead of LiveKit. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LiveKit is slightly ahead of Cursor. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), LiveKit is 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. LiveKit shows 39,530 stars across 108 public repos, 59 active in the last 90 days and 247 external contributors.

Cursor is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. LiveKit 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.