Blackbird vs Plausible Analytics

Blackbird and Plausible Analytics (Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Plausible Analytics (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Blackbird (rank #728) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 30). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Blackbird carries 16 GitHub stars across 165 public repos, with 77 repositories active in the last 90 days and 6 external contributors on record. Plausible Analytics shows 31,145 stars across 21 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Plausible Analytics's footprint is roughly 1946.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Blackbird is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Plausible Analytics 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.