Ahrefs vs Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools (Making DevRel efforts compare and measurable) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Ahrefs and Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (41), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Ahrefs is ahead of Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Ahrefs is ahead of Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools is clearly ahead of Ahrefs. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Ahrefs is ahead of Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools.

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. Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools shows 1 stars across 4 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Ahrefs's footprint is roughly 1303.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools 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.