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Ashby vs PostHog

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

Ashby and PostHog (The single platform to analyze, test, observe, and deploy new features) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

PostHog (rank #30) holds a meaningful lead over Ashby (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 36). The gap of 27 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Ashby carries 1 GitHub stars across 3 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. PostHog shows 40,775 stars across 357 public repos, 87 active in the last 90 days and 212 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but PostHog's footprint is roughly 40775.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Ashby is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. PostHog 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricAshbyPostHog
Ranking
Overall rank#536#30
Pillars
Overall3663
Code3676
Education6258
Community1452
Reach3731
Momentum1582
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars140,775
Forks15,070
Public repos3357
Active repos (90d)187
External contributors2212
Avg polish2377
Avg AI-readiness3759

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