AfterShip vs Ahrefs

AfterShip (We are passionate about making eCommerce better. We are a group of geeks who build great automation tools for retailers and shoppers.) and Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

AfterShip (rank #298) holds a narrow lead over Ahrefs (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (45 vs 41). 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), AfterShip is slightly ahead of Ahrefs. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), AfterShip is slightly ahead of Ahrefs. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), AfterShip is ahead of Ahrefs. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), AfterShip is slightly ahead of Ahrefs. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Ahrefs is clearly ahead of AfterShip.

AfterShip carries 3,397 GitHub stars across 81 public repos, with 6 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.

AfterShip is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. 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.