Mintlify vs PolyAI

Mintlify (The intelligent knowledge platform) and PolyAI both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Mintlify (rank #165) holds a modest lead over PolyAI (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 40). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. PolyAI shows 86 stars across 6 public repos, 6 active in the last 90 days and 19 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Mintlify's footprint is roughly 69.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Mintlify is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. PolyAI 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.