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Ahrefs vs AWeber

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

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and AWeber (Powerfully-simple #emailmarketing for small businesses.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over AWeber (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 36). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. AWeber shows 503 stars across 22 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. AWeber looks better where education 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

MetricAhrefsAWeber
Ranking
Overall rank#401#536
Pillars
Overall4136
Code4247
Education5768
Community3719
Reach218
Momentum6528
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,303503
Forks261225
Public repos17122
Active repos (90d)280
External contributors70
Avg polish4045
Avg AI-readiness3526

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