Ahrefs vs Baremetrics

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and Baremetrics (Subscription Analytics & Insights. One click and you get hundreds of valuable metrics & business insights from Stripe, Recurly, Braintree and more!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Baremetrics (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 37). 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), Ahrefs is slightly ahead of Baremetrics. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Baremetrics is ahead of Ahrefs. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Ahrefs is clearly ahead of Baremetrics. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Baremetrics is ahead of Ahrefs. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Ahrefs is clearly ahead of Baremetrics.

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. Baremetrics shows 908 stars across 15 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Baremetrics 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.