Ahrefs vs Proton Mail

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

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

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

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. Proton Mail shows 16,265 stars across 186 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 20 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Proton Mail's footprint is roughly 12.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Proton Mail 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.