Ahrefs vs Remote

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and Remote (Remote helps with international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance for businesses big and small!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Remote (rank #278) holds a narrow lead over Ahrefs (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 41). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Remote shows 811 stars across 51 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors.

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