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Ahrefs vs Dashlane

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

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and Dashlane (Simple and secure access to all your online accounts. At work, home, and everywhere in between.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

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

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. Dashlane shows 1,223 stars across 46 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Dashlane looks better where reach 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

MetricAhrefsDashlane
Ranking
Overall rank#401#536
Pillars
Overall4136
Code4248
Education5753
Community3729
Reach2147
Momentum6538
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,3031,223
Forks261253
Public repos17146
Active repos (90d)285
External contributors73
Avg polish4053
Avg AI-readiness3532

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