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Ahrefs vs Workato

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Ahrefs (BTW we use OCaml) and Workato (The Enterprise Automation Platform for powerful integrations and automations) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Ahrefs (rank #401) holds a narrow lead over Workato (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (41 vs 33). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Workato shows 112 stars across 67 public repos, 2 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 11.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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

Side-by-side metrics

MetricAhrefsWorkato
Ranking
Overall rank#401#625
Pillars
Overall4133
Code4236
Education5773
Community3713
Reach2151
Momentum654
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,303112
Forks261121
Public repos17167
Active repos (90d)282
External contributors71
Avg polish4029
Avg AI-readiness3533

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