ClickUp vs Hotjar
Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.
ClickUp and Hotjar (Product Experience Insights Tools) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.
Hotjar (rank #317) holds a modest lead over ClickUp (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 34). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.
On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Hotjar is clearly ahead of ClickUp. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Hotjar is ahead of ClickUp. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Hotjar is ahead of ClickUp. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Hotjar is clearly ahead of ClickUp. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), ClickUp is slightly ahead of Hotjar.
ClickUp carries 7 GitHub stars across 5 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Hotjar shows 52 stars across 2 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Hotjar's footprint is roughly 7.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.
ClickUp is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Hotjar looks better where reach 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
| Metric | ClickUp | Hotjar |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking | ||
| Overall rank | #602 | #317 |
| Pillars | ||
| Overall | 34 | 44 |
| Code | 26 | 56 |
| Education | 76 | 88 |
| Community | 5 | 22 |
| Reach | 3 | 62 |
| Momentum | 28 | 24 |
| Builder experience | 0 | 0 |
| Signals | ||
| Stars | 7 | 52 |
| Forks | 3 | 10 |
| Public repos | 5 | 2 |
| Active repos (90d) | 1 | 1 |
| External contributors | 0 | 2 |
| Avg polish | 23 | 45 |
| Avg AI-readiness | 24 | 60 |