Ahrefs vs ForestAdmin

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and ForestAdmin (Forest Admin provides an off-the-shelf admin panel based on a highly-extensible API plugged into your application.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

ForestAdmin (rank #165) holds a modest lead over Ahrefs (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (51 vs 41). 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), ForestAdmin is clearly ahead of Ahrefs. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), ForestAdmin is ahead of Ahrefs. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Ahrefs is ahead of ForestAdmin. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), ForestAdmin is ahead of Ahrefs. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Ahrefs is clearly ahead of ForestAdmin.

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. ForestAdmin shows 3,415 stars across 87 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 9 external contributors.

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