Ahrefs vs SolarWinds

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

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 35). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors.

Ahrefs is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. SolarWinds 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.