Appcues vs Semrush

Appcues and Semrush (We do love open source and have an opportunity to make it better from now.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Appcues (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over Semrush (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 44). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Appcues carries 984 GitHub stars across 122 public repos, with 17 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Semrush shows 454 stars across 11 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors.

Appcues is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Semrush 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.