Doist vs Hotjar

Doist (Empowering people with simple yet powerful tools ✨) and Hotjar (Product Experience Insights Tools) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Doist (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Hotjar (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 44). 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), Doist is slightly ahead of Hotjar. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Hotjar is slightly ahead of Doist. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Doist is ahead of Hotjar. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Hotjar is clearly ahead of Doist. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Doist is clearly ahead of Hotjar.

Doist carries 5,576 GitHub stars across 170 public repos, with 45 repositories active in the last 90 days and 21 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 Doist's footprint is roughly 107.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Doist 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.