Semrush vs Sophos

Semrush (We do love open source and have an opportunity to make it better from now.) and Sophos both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Semrush (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Sophos (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 37). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Semrush carries 454 GitHub stars across 11 public repos, with 2 repositories active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors on record. Sophos shows 1,438 stars across 84 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Sophos's footprint is roughly 3.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Semrush is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Sophos 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.