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Ahrefs vs MailerLite

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

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and MailerLite (Digital marketing tools to grow your audience faster and drive revenue smarter.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

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

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. MailerLite shows 1,134 stars across 39 public repos, 25 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. MailerLite 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

MetricAhrefsMailerLite
Ranking
Overall rank#401#430
Pillars
Overall4140
Code4252
Education5755
Community3728
Reach2115
Momentum6536
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,3031,134
Forks261288
Public repos17139
Active repos (90d)2825
External contributors73
Avg polish4044
Avg AI-readiness3546

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