Cursor vs Mintlify

Cursor and Mintlify (The intelligent knowledge platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Mintlify (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Cursor (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 40). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Mintlify is ahead of Cursor. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Mintlify is ahead of Cursor. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Cursor is ahead of Mintlify. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Cursor is slightly ahead of Mintlify. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Mintlify is clearly 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. Mintlify shows 5,966 stars across 36 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 32 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Cursor's footprint is roughly 7.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Cursor is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Mintlify looks better where momentum 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.