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Ahrefs vs Formbricks

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

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and Formbricks (Open Source Qualtrics Alternative) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Formbricks (rank #237) holds a narrow lead over Ahrefs (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (48 vs 41). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Formbricks shows 12,675 stars across 18 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Formbricks's footprint is roughly 9.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Formbricks 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

MetricAhrefsFormbricks
Ranking
Overall rank#401#237
Pillars
Overall4148
Code4253
Education5767
Community3747
Reach2136
Momentum6524
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,30312,675
Forks2612,459
Public repos17118
Active repos (90d)289
External contributors76
Avg polish4057
Avg AI-readiness3537

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