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Ahrefs vs Jamf

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

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and Jamf both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Jamf (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 40). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Jamf shows 7,946 stars across 114 public repos, 20 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Jamf's footprint is roughly 6.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Jamf 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

MetricAhrefsJamf
Ranking
Overall rank#401#430
Pillars
Overall4140
Code4233
Education5768
Community3741
Reach2144
Momentum6561
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,3037,946
Forks2611,547
Public repos171114
Active repos (90d)2820
External contributors75
Avg polish4045
Avg AI-readiness3521

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