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Dashlane vs Hotjar

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

Dashlane (Simple and secure access to all your online accounts. At work, home, and everywhere in between.) and Hotjar (Product Experience Insights Tools) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over Dashlane (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 36). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Dashlane carries 1,223 GitHub stars across 46 public repos, with 5 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 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 Dashlane's footprint is roughly 23.5x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Dashlane is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. 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

MetricDashlaneHotjar
Ranking
Overall rank#536#317
Pillars
Overall3644
Code4856
Education5388
Community2922
Reach4762
Momentum3824
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,22352
Forks25310
Public repos462
Active repos (90d)51
External contributors32
Avg polish5345
Avg AI-readiness3260

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