Ashby vs Humaans

Ashby and Humaans (A better workplace starts here) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Ashby (rank #536) holds a narrow lead over Humaans (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (36 vs 32). 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), Humaans is ahead of Ashby. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Humaans is ahead of Ashby. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Humaans is slightly ahead of Ashby. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Ashby is clearly ahead of Humaans. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Humaans is ahead of Ashby.

Ashby carries 1 GitHub stars across 3 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Humaans shows 461 stars across 9 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Humaans's footprint is roughly 461.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ashby is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Humaans looks better where code quality 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.