LiveKit vs Together

LiveKit (Open source WebRTC and realtime AI infrastructure) and Together both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LiveKit (rank #63) holds a modest lead over Together (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (59 vs 39). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

LiveKit carries 39,530 GitHub stars across 108 public repos, with 59 repositories active in the last 90 days and 247 external contributors on record. Together shows 20,220 stars across 101 public repos, 40 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

LiveKit is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Together makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.