Ahrefs vs Modern Treasury

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and Modern Treasury (Modern Treasury builds payment operations software. Use our web application or API to manage the full cycle of money movement.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Modern Treasury (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 37). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Modern Treasury shows 182 stars across 14 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 5 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Ahrefs's footprint is roughly 7.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Modern Treasury 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.