Discourse vs Matomo Analytics

Discourse (The 100% open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet.) and Matomo Analytics (Matomo is hiring 🚀 Matomo.org/jobs MISSION: « To create, as a community, the leading open analytics platform that gives every user full control of their data ») both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Discourse (rank #189) holds a narrow lead over Matomo Analytics (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 43). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Discourse carries 55,678 GitHub stars across 620 public repos, with 90 repositories active in the last 90 days and 44 external contributors on record. Matomo Analytics shows 30,600 stars across 90 public repos, 46 active in the last 90 days and 34 external contributors.

Discourse is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Matomo Analytics 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.