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Ahrefs vs Lightspeed Commerce Inc.

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

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

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Lightspeed Commerce Inc. (rank #485) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 38). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Lightspeed Commerce Inc. shows 145 stars across 6 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Ahrefs's footprint is roughly 9.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Lightspeed Commerce Inc. 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricAhrefsLightspeed Commerce Inc.
Ranking
Overall rank#401#485
Pillars
Overall4138
Code4251
Education5769
Community3733
Reach2115
Momentum6528
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,303145
Forks26119
Public repos1716
Active repos (90d)280
External contributors72
Avg polish4054
Avg AI-readiness3522

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