Cursor vs Ollama

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

Ollama (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), Ollama is clearly ahead of Cursor. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Ollama is clearly ahead of Cursor. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Cursor is slightly ahead of Ollama. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Ollama is ahead of Cursor. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Ollama 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. Ollama shows 190,304 stars across 4 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 241 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Ollama's footprint is roughly 4.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Cursor is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Ollama looks better where code quality 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.