Ahrefs vs Teamtailor

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and Teamtailor (The all-in-one recruitment and marketing platform. Hiring doesn't get any easier than this. Trusted by over over 125,000 recruiters) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a modest lead over Teamtailor (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 30). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Teamtailor shows 29 stars across 77 public repos, 10 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 44.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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