Ahrefs vs Recruitee

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

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Recruitee (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), Recruitee is slightly ahead of Ahrefs. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Recruitee is ahead of Ahrefs. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Ahrefs is clearly ahead of Recruitee. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Recruitee is ahead of Ahrefs. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Ahrefs is clearly ahead of Recruitee.

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. Recruitee shows 411 stars across 56 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Ahrefs's footprint is roughly 3.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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