CrowdStrike vs Semrush

CrowdStrike 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.

CrowdStrike (rank #55) holds a modest lead over Semrush (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (60 vs 44). The gap of 16 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

CrowdStrike carries 5,991 GitHub stars across 267 public repos, with 74 repositories active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors on record. Semrush shows 454 stars across 11 public repos, 2 active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but CrowdStrike's footprint is roughly 13.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

CrowdStrike is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Semrush makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.