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Cursor vs Reply
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Cursor and Reply (AI sales engagement for email, LinkedIn, SMS & calls. Open APIs, SDKs, and MCP server for developers building on Reply. Builders of Jason, the AI SDR.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Cursor (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Reply (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 32). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Reply is slightly ahead of Cursor. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Reply is clearly ahead of Cursor. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Cursor is clearly ahead of Reply. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Cursor is clearly ahead of Reply. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Reply 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. Reply shows 0 stars across 3 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.
Cursor is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Reply 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Cursor | Reply |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #430 | #662 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 40 | 32 |
| Code | 26 | 34 |
| Education | 46 | 71 |
| Community | 54 | 5 |
| Reach | 43 | 12 |
| Momentum | 34 | 60 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 44,397 | 0 |
| Forks | 3,777 | 1 |
| Public repos | 8 | 3 |
| Active repos (90d) | 5 | 2 |
| External contributors | 41 | 0 |
| Avg polish | 31 | 38 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 23 | 30 |