OpenAI vs Together

OpenAI and Together both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

OpenAI (rank #55) holds a meaningful lead over Together (rank #455) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 39). 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 clearly ahead of Together. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), OpenAI is ahead of Together. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), OpenAI is clearly ahead of Together. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), OpenAI is ahead of Together. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), OpenAI is clearly ahead of Together.

OpenAI carries 824,906 GitHub stars across 263 public repos, with 48 repositories active in the last 90 days and 524 external contributors on record. Together shows 20,220 stars across 101 public repos, 40 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but OpenAI's footprint is roughly 40.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

OpenAI is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Together makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.