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Ahrefs vs Magento

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

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

Magento (rank #209) holds a narrow lead over Ahrefs (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 41). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Magento shows 18,718 stars across 97 public repos, 20 active in the last 90 days and 32 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Magento's footprint is roughly 14.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Magento 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

MetricAhrefsMagento
Ranking
Overall rank#401#209
Pillars
Overall4149
Code4267
Education5765
Community3750
Reach2124
Momentum6533
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,30318,718
Forks26115,126
Public repos17197
Active repos (90d)2820
External contributors732
Avg polish4075
Avg AI-readiness3531

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