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Ahrefs vs Culture Amp

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

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and Culture Amp (The employee feedback platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a modest lead over Culture Amp (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 31). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Culture Amp shows 1,202 stars across 179 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Culture Amp 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

MetricAhrefsCulture Amp
Ranking
Overall rank#401#693
Pillars
Overall4131
Code4253
Education5749
Community3724
Reach2120
Momentum6531
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,3031,202
Forks261123
Public repos171179
Active repos (90d)2817
External contributors718
Avg polish4051
Avg AI-readiness3538

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