A/B Smartly vs Ahrefs

A/B Smartly (A/B Smartly - Your A/B Testing Platform) and Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over A/B Smartly (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 37). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

A/B Smartly carries 39 GitHub stars across 40 public repos, with 28 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors on record. Ahrefs shows 1,303 stars across 171 public repos, 28 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Ahrefs's footprint is roughly 33.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

A/B Smartly is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Ahrefs looks better where momentum 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.