Cursor vs Together

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

Cursor (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Together (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 39). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Together is slightly ahead of Cursor. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Together is slightly ahead of Cursor. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Cursor is ahead of Together. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Cursor is slightly ahead of Together. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Together 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. Together shows 20,220 stars across 101 public repos, 40 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

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