Cursor vs Mage

Cursor and Mage (Magical tools for data.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Cursor (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Mage (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 38). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Mage shows 9,079 stars across 44 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Cursor's footprint is roughly 4.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Cursor is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Mage 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.