Ahrefs vs Increase

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and Increase (Build your bank) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Increase (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Ahrefs (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 41). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Increase shows 45 stars across 12 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Ahrefs's footprint is roughly 29.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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