Duolingo vs Plausible Analytics

Duolingo and Plausible Analytics (Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Duolingo and Plausible Analytics sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (43), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Plausible Analytics is ahead of Duolingo. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Duolingo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Duolingo.

Duolingo carries 1,721 GitHub stars across 12 public repos, with 8 repositories active in the last 90 days and 11 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. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Plausible Analytics's footprint is roughly 18.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Duolingo is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Plausible 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.