Ahrefs vs Sophos

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

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Sophos (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 37). The gap of 4 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Sophos shows 1,438 stars across 84 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

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