Ahrefs vs Shopify

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

Shopify (rank #14) holds a meaningful lead over Ahrefs (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (67 vs 41). The gap of 26 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Shopify shows 124,714 stars across 1,211 public repos, 75 active in the last 90 days and 87 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Shopify's footprint is roughly 95.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Shopify looks better where code quality 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.