Ahrefs vs Onfido

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

Ahrefs and Onfido sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (41), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Onfido is ahead of Ahrefs. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Ahrefs is ahead of Onfido. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Onfido is ahead of Ahrefs. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Ahrefs is clearly ahead of Onfido.

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. Onfido shows 1,268 stars across 85 public repos, 14 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors.

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