Semrush vs Unsplash

Semrush (We do love open source and have an opportunity to make it better from now.) and Unsplash (Building the internet's open library of freely usable visuals. Join us 👫) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Semrush (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Unsplash (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), Unsplash is ahead of Semrush. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Unsplash is slightly ahead of Semrush. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Semrush is slightly ahead of Unsplash. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Unsplash is slightly ahead of Semrush. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Semrush is slightly ahead of Unsplash.

Semrush carries 454 GitHub stars across 11 public repos, with 2 repositories active in the last 90 days and 7 external contributors on record. Unsplash shows 9,930 stars across 63 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Unsplash's footprint is roughly 21.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Semrush is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Unsplash looks better where code quality 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.