Together vs TopK

Together and TopK (Pushing state of the art, one flamegraph at a time.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Together (rank #455) holds a narrow lead over TopK (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (39 vs 36). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Together carries 20,220 GitHub stars across 101 public repos, with 40 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. TopK shows 87 stars across 12 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Together's footprint is roughly 232.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Together is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. TopK looks better where code quality 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.