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Ahrefs vs Kajabi

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

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

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

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. Kajabi shows 99 stars across 103 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Ahrefs's footprint is roughly 13.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Kajabi looks better where code quality 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

MetricAhrefsKajabi
Ranking
Overall rank#401#662
Pillars
Overall4132
Code4247
Education5751
Community3718
Reach2111
Momentum6544
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,30399
Forks26142
Public repos171103
Active repos (90d)288
External contributors711
Avg polish4045
Avg AI-readiness3536

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