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Ahrefs vs Amplitude

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

Amplitude (rank #93) holds a modest lead over Ahrefs (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (56 vs 41). The gap of 15 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Ahrefs carries 1,303 GitHub stars across 171 public repos, with 28 repositories active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors on record. Amplitude shows 3,167 stars across 151 public repos, 39 active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Amplitude 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricAhrefsAmplitude
Ranking
Overall rank#401#93
Pillars
Overall4156
Code4270
Education5742
Community3742
Reach2121
Momentum6572
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,3033,167
Forks2611,052
Public repos171151
Active repos (90d)2839
External contributors723
Avg polish4070
Avg AI-readiness3544

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