Jina AI vs Mendable AI is now Firecrawl

Jina AI (Your Search Foundation, Supercharged! (acquired by @elastic 2025/10)) and Mendable AI is now Firecrawl (New Repo - https://github.com/firecrawl) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Jina AI (rank #189) holds a meaningful lead over Mendable AI is now Firecrawl (rank #763) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 29). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Jina AI carries 72,580 GitHub stars across 266 public repos, with 13 repositories active in the last 90 days and 8 external contributors on record. Mendable AI is now Firecrawl shows 0 stars across 0 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Jina AI is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Mendable AI is now Firecrawl looks better where education 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.