Mage vs LlamaIndex

Mage (Magical tools for data.) and LlamaIndex both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LlamaIndex (rank #63) holds a meaningful lead over Mage (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (59 vs 38). 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), LlamaIndex is clearly ahead of Mage. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Mage is slightly ahead of LlamaIndex. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), LlamaIndex is ahead of Mage. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LlamaIndex is ahead of Mage. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), LlamaIndex 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. LlamaIndex shows 99,809 stars across 135 public repos, 48 active in the last 90 days and 241 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LlamaIndex's footprint is roughly 11.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Mage is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. LlamaIndex 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.