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Magento vs Semrush
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
Magento 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.
Magento (rank #209) holds a narrow lead over Semrush (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 44). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Magento is clearly ahead of Semrush. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Magento is ahead of Semrush. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Semrush is ahead of Magento. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Semrush is slightly ahead of Magento.
Magento carries 18,718 GitHub stars across 97 public repos, with 20 repositories active in the last 90 days and 32 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 Magento's footprint is roughly 41.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
Magento 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.
Side-by-side metrics
| Metric | Magento | Semrush |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #209 | #317 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 49 | 44 |
| Code | 67 | 44 |
| Education | 65 | 65 |
| Community | 50 | 36 |
| Reach | 24 | 35 |
| Momentum | 33 | 37 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 18,718 | 454 |
| Forks | 15,126 | 124 |
| Public repos | 97 | 11 |
| Active repos (90d) | 20 | 2 |
| External contributors | 32 | 7 |
| Avg polish | 75 | 48 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 31 | 32 |