Agorapulse vs Pirsch Analytics

Agorapulse and Pirsch Analytics (Pirsch is a simple, privacy-friendly, open-source alternative to Google Analytics - lightweight, cookie-free and easily integrated into any website. By @emvi.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Agorapulse and Pirsch Analytics sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (33), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

Agorapulse carries 307 GitHub stars across 80 public repos, with 17 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Pirsch Analytics shows 1,203 stars across 24 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Pirsch Analytics's footprint is roughly 3.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Agorapulse is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Pirsch Analytics 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.