Ahrefs vs ShipBob

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and ShipBob (Need to ship? ShipBob-it! You save save time and money.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a modest lead over ShipBob (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 31). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. ShipBob shows 0 stars across 2 public repos, 0 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors.

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