Mage vs Together

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

Together (rank #455) holds a narrow lead over Mage (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (39 vs 38). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Mage is slightly ahead of Together. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Mage is ahead of Together. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Mage is slightly ahead of Together. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Mage is slightly ahead of Together. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Together 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. Together shows 20,220 stars across 101 public repos, 40 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

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