Ahrefs vs Grammarly

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and Grammarly (Millions of users rely on Grammarly's AI-powered products to make their messages, documents, and social media posts clear, mistake-free, and impactful.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Grammarly (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 34). 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), Grammarly is slightly ahead of Ahrefs. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Ahrefs is slightly ahead of Grammarly. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Ahrefs is ahead of Grammarly. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Grammarly is ahead of Ahrefs. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Ahrefs is clearly ahead of Grammarly.

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. Grammarly shows 4,355 stars across 23 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Grammarly's footprint is roughly 3.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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