Ahrefs vs Mollie

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and Mollie (Building a payments and banking stack for makers.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Mollie (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Ahrefs (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 41). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Mollie shows 2,571 stars across 85 public repos, 30 active in the last 90 days and 26 external contributors.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Mollie 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.