Ahrefs vs Moodle Development

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

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Moodle Development (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 34). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Moodle Development shows 7,353 stars across 15 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 25 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Moodle Development's footprint is roughly 5.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Moodle Development looks better where reach 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.