Mage vs Open WebUI

Mage (Magical tools for data.) and Open WebUI (On a mission to build the best AI user interface.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Open WebUI (rank #189) holds a modest lead over Mage (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 38). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Mage carries 9,079 GitHub stars across 44 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 22 external contributors on record. Open WebUI shows 159,650 stars across 25 public repos, 12 active in the last 90 days and 198 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Open WebUI's footprint is roughly 17.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Mage is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Open WebUI 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.