LlamaIndex vs Sardine

LlamaIndex and Sardine both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LlamaIndex (rank #63) holds a meaningful lead over Sardine (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (59 vs 35). The gap of 24 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

LlamaIndex carries 99,809 GitHub stars across 135 public repos, with 48 repositories active in the last 90 days and 241 external contributors on record. Sardine shows 19 stars across 55 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but LlamaIndex's footprint is roughly 5253.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

LlamaIndex is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Sardine 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.