Gusto vs Semrush

Gusto 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 Gusto (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 43). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Gusto carries 781 GitHub stars across 148 public repos, with 20 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.

Gusto 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.