Ahrefs vs Gravity Forms

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and Gravity Forms (The most powerful form and workflow solution available for WordPress.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a modest lead over Gravity Forms (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 32). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Gravity Forms shows 112 stars across 8 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Ahrefs's footprint is roughly 11.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Gravity Forms looks better where education 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.