Doist vs Pirsch Analytics

Doist (Empowering people with simple yet powerful tools ✨) and Pirsch Analytics (Pirsch is a simple, privacy-friendly, open-source alternative to Google Analytics - lightweight, cookie-free and easily integrated into any website. By @emvi.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Doist (rank #122) holds a meaningful lead over Pirsch Analytics (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 33). The gap of 21 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Pirsch Analytics shows 1,203 stars across 24 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Doist's footprint is roughly 4.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Doist is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Pirsch Analytics makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.