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Mintlify vs Runway

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Mintlify (The intelligent knowledge platform) and Runway (Building AI to Simulate the World) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Mintlify (rank #165) holds a narrow lead over Runway (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 44). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Runway shows 2,435 stars across 61 public repos, 16 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Mintlify is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Runway looks better where reach 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricMintlifyRunway
Ranking
Overall rank#165#317
Pillars
Overall5144
Code4445
Education6665
Community4422
Reach3749
Momentum6030
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars5,9662,435
Forks1,035551
Public repos3661
Active repos (90d)1916
External contributors320
Avg polish4855
Avg AI-readiness2423

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