Mintlify vs Open WebUI

Mintlify (The intelligent knowledge platform) and Open WebUI (On a mission to build the best AI user interface.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Mintlify (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Open WebUI (rank #189) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 50). 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), Open WebUI is ahead of Mintlify. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Open WebUI is ahead of Mintlify. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Open WebUI is ahead of Mintlify. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Mintlify is slightly ahead of Open WebUI. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Mintlify is clearly ahead of Open WebUI.

Mintlify carries 5,966 GitHub stars across 36 public repos, with 19 repositories active in the last 90 days and 32 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 26.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Mintlify is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Open WebUI 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.