OpenAI vs Runway

OpenAI and Runway (Building AI to Simulate the World) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

OpenAI (rank #22) holds a meaningful lead over Runway (rank #327) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (66 vs 45). 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), OpenAI is ahead of Runway. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), OpenAI is slightly ahead of Runway. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), OpenAI is clearly ahead of Runway. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Runway is slightly ahead of OpenAI. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), OpenAI is clearly ahead of Runway.

OpenAI carries 846,432 GitHub stars across 268 public repos, with 49 repositories active in the last 90 days and 426 external contributors on record. Runway shows 2,512 stars across 63 public repos, 16 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but OpenAI's footprint is roughly 337.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

OpenAI is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. 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.