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Afterpay vs Hotjar

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

Afterpay and Hotjar (Product Experience Insights Tools) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Afterpay (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 30). The gap of 14 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Afterpay carries 99 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 3 repositories active in the last 90 days and 4 external contributors on record. Hotjar shows 52 stars across 2 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Afterpay is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Hotjar looks better where education 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

MetricAfterpayHotjar
Ranking
Overall rank#728#317
Pillars
Overall3044
Code4456
Education3888
Community2622
Reach4762
Momentum1324
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars9952
Forks13510
Public repos122
Active repos (90d)31
External contributors42
Avg polish4845
Avg AI-readiness3260

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