Giphy vs Semrush

Giphy (All the GIFs) 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.

Semrush (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Giphy (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 42). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Giphy carries 3,295 GitHub stars across 45 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 5 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 Giphy's footprint is roughly 7.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Giphy is the stronger read for anyone weighting code quality. Semrush looks better where momentum 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.