Doist vs PostHog

Doist (Empowering people with simple yet powerful tools ✨) and PostHog (The single platform to analyze, test, observe, and deploy new features) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

PostHog (rank #30) holds a modest lead over Doist (rank #122) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 54). The gap of 9 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. PostHog shows 40,775 stars across 357 public repos, 87 active in the last 90 days and 212 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but PostHog's footprint is roughly 7.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Doist is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. PostHog looks better where momentum 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.