Firecrawl vs Together

Firecrawl (Web data API for AI) and Together both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Firecrawl (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Together (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 39). The gap of 15 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Firecrawl carries 199,181 GitHub stars across 101 public repos, with 28 repositories active in the last 90 days and 130 external contributors on record. Together shows 20,220 stars across 101 public repos, 40 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Firecrawl's footprint is roughly 9.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Firecrawl is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Together looks better where reach 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.