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Ahrefs vs Attio

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

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

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Attio (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 35). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Attio shows 90 stars across 19 public repos, 13 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Ahrefs's footprint is roughly 14.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Attio makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. 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

MetricAhrefsAttio
Ranking
Overall rank#401#569
Pillars
Overall4135
Code4230
Education5756
Community3716
Reach2118
Momentum6534
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,30390
Forks26115
Public repos17119
Active repos (90d)2813
External contributors71
Avg polish4027
Avg AI-readiness3523

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