Discord vs Plausible Analytics

Discord (A new way to chat with your communities and friends. Discord is the easiest way to communicate over voice, video, and text.) and Plausible Analytics (Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Discord (rank #103) holds a modest lead over Plausible Analytics (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 43). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Discord carries 28,570 GitHub stars across 327 public repos, with 36 repositories active in the last 90 days and 41 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.

Discord is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Plausible Analytics looks better where community 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.