Ahrefs vs Humaans

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and Humaans (A better workplace starts here) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

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

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. Humaans shows 461 stars across 9 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

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