Adyen vs Ahrefs

Adyen and Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Adyen (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Ahrefs (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 41). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Adyen carries 2,684 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 49 repositories active in the last 90 days and 39 external contributors on record. Ahrefs shows 1,303 stars across 171 public repos, 28 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors.

Adyen is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. 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.